Feast February 5
Saint Philip of Jesus
Martyr, patron of Mexico City · Feast February 5
Biography
Philip of Jesus, OFM 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.
Feast day
February 5
Patronage
- Mexico City
- Colima (city)
- Nagasaki
- Santa Cruz del Quiché
- Ozatlán
- El Viso del Alcor
Birth date
1572
Death date
5 February 1597 (aged 24–25)
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
8 June 1862
Canonized by
Pope Pius IX
Feast month
2
Wikidata qid
Q2671480
Feast day of month
5