TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carunungan, Celso Al
TI  - To die a thousand deaths: a novel on the life and times of Lorenzo Ruiz. 
AV  - BX 4700.R6  .C37 1980
PY  - 1980///];copyright 1980
CY  - Manila
PB  - Social Studies
KW  -  Christian biography
KW  - sears
KW  - Martyrs
KW  - Saint Lorenzo Ruiz
KW  - Philippines
N1  - Bibliography : p. 197-198
N2  -  it is set against a magnificent canvas of pageantry, intrigue and conflict between Chinese and Spaniards, Filipinos and their Spanish masters, between the Church and the State, and among the Spaniards themselves. From out of the chaos and turmoil of those amazing times, rises the noble figure of Lorenzo Ruiz, a simple clerk in the Binondo Church who, in spite of his limited learning and ordinary background, turns out to be one of the truly heroic figures in Philippine history. In the face of torture and death, his courage shines forth as he intones several times with conviction his determination to die, even a thousand deaths, rather than renounce his faith;  this is a recreation of the tumultuous early 17th century in the Philippines, when Spain was just beginning to take a firm foothold in Philippine soil. The novel is filled with incredible sidelights on Philippine history; The first novel written on the life of the Filipino martyr, Lorenzo Ruiz, whose beatification has been approved by the authorities in the Holy See. This is not simply a faithful narrative of the martyr's colorful and exciting life
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