were put to death on the same day. His body was burned, and the ashes scattered. Veneration The Positio Super Introductione Causae or the cause of beatification was authored by historian, Fidel Villarroel, which led to his beatification during Pope John Paul II's papal visit to the Philippines. It was the first beatification ceremony to be held outside the Vatican in the modern era (often during the Middle Ages beatifications were delegated to papal legates). See also Lorenzo Ruiz Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga References Lorenzo de Manila, The Proto-Martyr of The Philippines and his Companions - Fr. Fidel Villarroel, O.P., 1988 External links http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90886 http://www.brewiarz.katolik.pl/czytelnia/swieci/09-26b.php3 http://www.deon.pl/imieniny/imie,773,dominik.html 1580s births 1633 deaths Spanish Roman Catholic saints Japanese Roman Catholic saints Spanish Dominicans 17th-century Christian saints Beatifications by Pope John Paul II pl:Dominik Ibáñez de Erquicia i towarzysze