Pedro Calungsod, also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, proselytized and converted the indigenous people of Guam, in some cases without consent, which led to both missionaries being martyred in 1672.
Christian feast day: Pedro Calungsod
On October 21, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Pedro Calungsod. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 21, one of 453 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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