Blessed Pedro Calungsod (c.

1654[1] April 2, 1672) was a young Roman Catholic Filipino migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist, who along with Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom on Guam for their missionary work in 1672. Through Calungsod and San Vitores' missionary efforts, many native Chamorros converted to Roman Catholicism.

Few details of his early life prior to missionary work and death are known. It is probable that he came to one of the boarding schools run by Jesuits and received his basic education there, mastering the Catechism and learning to communicate in Spanish. It is also safe to assume that he also honed his skills in drawing, painting, singing, acting, and carpentry as the nature of their mission demanded such skills. Calungsod, then around 14, was among the young exemplary catechists chosen to accompany the Jesuits in their mission to the Ladrones Islands (Islas de los Ladrones or Islands of Thieves). Around 1667, these were later named Marianas (Las Islas de Mariana) in honour of Queen Maria Ana of Austria who supported the mission.

Missionary life was hard. The provisions for the Mission did not arrive regularly; the jungles were too thick to cross; the cliffs were very stiff to climb, and the islands were frequently visited by devastating typhoons. Despite all these, the missionaries persevered, and the Mission was blessed with many conversions.

Calungsod travelled with Spanish Jesuit missionaries to the Marianas Islands, named in honour of both the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Queen Regent of Spain, Mara Ana of Austria, who funded their voyage. Calungsod and San Vitores went to Guam to catechise the native Chamorros. Marianas Islands has a local chieftain named Matapang.Matapang was not open for missionary works in Marianas Islands.Matapang attacked the the two.The two missionaries was speared by Matapang.The natives then tied a heavy stone to the dead of missionaries and threw them to the sea.Matapang and his companions burned the drops of blood on the shore. At Tumhon Beach,two missionaries were killed and two martyrs were born. Blessed John Paul II, wanting to include young Asian laypersons in his first beatification for the Jubilee Year 2000, paid particular attention to the cause of Calungsod. In January 2000, he approved the decree super martyrio (concerning the martyrdom) of Calungsod, setting his beatification on March 5, 2000 at Saint Peter's Square in Rome. On 19 December 2011, the Holy See officially approved the miracle qualifying Calungsod for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.[13] The recognised miracle dates from 2002, when a Leyte woman who was pronounced clinically dead by accredited physicians two hours after a heart attack was revived when a doctor prayed for Calungsod's intercession.