Back فيليب ليسوع ARZ Felip de Jesús Catalan Felipe sa Hesus CEB Felipe de Jesús Spanish فیلیپ مسیح Persian Philippe de Jésus French San Filippo di Gesù Italian Felipe de Jesús NAH Filip od Jezusa de Las Casas Polish Filipe de Jesus Portuguese
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Saint Felipe de Jesús OFM | |
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 A statue of Philip of Jesus at the Museo de Virreinato, Tepotzotlán | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 1572 Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Mexico) |
| Died | February 5, 1597 (aged 24–25) Nagasaki, Japan |
| Cause of death | Asphyxia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | September 14, 1627 by Pope Urban VIII |
| Canonized | June 8, 1862 by Pope Pius IX |
| Feast | February 5 |
| Attributes | spear, palm branch, cross |
| Patronage | Mexico City; Colima (city); Nagasaki; Santa Cruz del Quiché; Ozatlán; El Viso del Alcor |
Philip of Jesus, OFM (Spanish: Felipe de Jesús; 1572 – 1597) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. He is the first Mexican Catholic saint and is the patron saint of Mexico City.[1]
- ^ Ronald J. Morgan, Spanish American Saints and the Rhetoric of Identity, 1600–1810. Tucson: University of Arizona Press 2002, pp. 143-169