Patronage
Patron Saint of Papua New Guinea
The Catholic Church venerates St. Peter To Rot as the patron saint of Papua New Guinea. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Peter To Rot
Feast: January 12“A Papuan catechist who was martyred by the Japanese during World War II for defending the sanctity of Christian marriage.”
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