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Filipino social worker and Roman Catholic layperson
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Female
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Birth:
22 September 1948
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University of the Philippines Diliman
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Biography
Purificacion Pedro (September 22, 1948 – January 23, 1977), also known by her nickname as "Puri Pedro," was a Filipino social worker and Roman Catholic layperson who was killed by soldiers under the dictatorship of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in 1977.
For her martyrdom, and for her parish and volunteer work, including her time with the Kalinga and Bontoc peoples who resisted the Chico River Dam Project, she was honored by having her name inscribed on the wall of remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani (monument of heroes).
She is also honored as one of the five "woman martyrs" of the University of the Philippines Diliman, and she is listed among Filipino Catholics nominated to be named Servant of God.