Feast September 5
Gregorio Aglipay
Venerable · Religious, patron of Iglesia Filipina Independiente · Feast September 5
Biography
Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayán was a Filipino former Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War who became the first head and leader of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), the first-ever wholly Filipino-led independent Christian Church in the Philippines in the form of a nationalist church.
Feast day
September 5
Patronage
- Iglesia Filipina Independiente
Birth date
1860-05-05
Death date
1940-09-01
Canonization status
Venerable
Feast month
9
Feast day of month
5