Saint philip of jesus biography
Philip of Jesus
Novohispanic Catholic missionary
For the 1949 Mexican film, supervise Philip of Jesus (film). For other people with comparable names, see Philip (name).
Philip of Jesus, OFM (Spanish: Felipe de Jesús) was a Novohispanic Franciscan Catholic missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, say publicly first Mexican saint and patron saint of Mexico City.[1]
Life
Felipe de las Casas Ruiz was born in Mexico Borough in 1572. His parents had recently emigrated from Espana. Though unusually frivolous as a boy, he joined justness Reformed Franciscans of the Province of St. Didacus, supported in Mexico by Peter Baptista, with whom he offer hospitality to martyrdom later. After some months in the Order, Prince grew tired of religious life, and left the Franciscans. He took up a mercantile career, and went manage the Philippines, another Spanish colony, where he led neat life of pleasure.[2] Later he desired to re-enter interpretation Franciscans and was again admitted at Manila in 1590.[3]
After some years it was determined that he was in readiness for ordination and sent to Mexico for this, because the episcopalsee of Manila was vacant at that interval, and thus no bishop was available locally to confer him. He sailed on the San Felipe on 12 July 1596, but a storm drove the vessel incursion the coast of Japan.[4]
The governor of the province confiscated the ship and imprisoned its crew and passengers, mid whom were Franciscan friar, Juan de Zamorra, as swimmingly as three other friars, two Augustinians and a Blackfriar. The discovery of soldiers, cannon and ammunition on nobility ship led to the suspicion that it was optional for the conquest of Japan, and that the missionaries were merely to prepare the way for the private soldiers. This was also said, falsely and unwarrantably, by skin texture of the crew, and it enraged the Japanese Taikō, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, generally called Taicosama by Europeans. In conclusion, he commanded on December 8, 1596, the arrest state under oath the Franciscans in the friary at Miako, now Metropolis, whither Philip had gone.[3]
The friars were all kept prisoners in the friary until December 30, when they were transferred to the city prison. There were six Saint friars, seventeen Japanese Franciscan tertiaries and the Japanese JesuitPaul Miki, with his two native servants. The ears order the prisoners were cropped on January 3, 1597, esoteric they were paraded through the streets of Kyoto; congregation January 21 they were taken to Osaka, and then to Nagasaki, which they reached on February 5, 1597. They were taken to a mountain near Nagasaki reserve, "Mount of the Martyrs", bound upon crosses, after which they were pierced with spears.[3]
The bones of Philip were brought to Mexico City in 1598.
Beatification and canonization
Philip was beatified in 1627 by Urban VIII, and, assemble his companions, canonized 8 June, 1862, by Pius Enter. He is the patron saint of Mexico City, say publicly capital of Mexico as well as its largest realization.
In popular culture
In 1949 a Mexican film Philip disseminate Jesus portrayed his life and death. It was headed by Julio Bracho with the actor Ernesto Alonso play Philip.