Our Lady of Peñafrancia
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1973 | Images of Mary | Naga City | our lady of peñafrancia | marian images | simon de vela | nueva caceres | santosOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website printGeneral Note(s): This image was carved by a local sculptor on orders of Don Miguel de Cobarrubias. In 1710, Don Miguel settled in Cavite while studying at the University of Santo Tomas. He came from the village of San Martin de Castañar where Frenchman Simon de Vela had dug the image on May 19, 1634 on the slopes of the "Sierra de Francia", a mountain range situated between Spain''s two well-known towns of Salamanca and Caceres. His child had a picture of the Virgin which allegedly cured him of an ailment upon application to his body. Out of gratitude, he vowed to erect a chapel in her honor in Manila. But as he was in Nueva Caceres (Naga) at the request of Bishop Andres Gonzales, O.P., he decided to build it instead in that place to house a replica of the imageCollection: Filipinas Heritage LibraryImage type: originalMedia format: print
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Religious Images | RE00125 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | RE00125 |
This image was carved by a local sculptor on orders of Don Miguel de Cobarrubias. In 1710, Don Miguel settled in Cavite while studying at the University of Santo Tomas. He came from the village of San Martin de Castañar where Frenchman Simon de Vela had dug the image on May 19, 1634 on the slopes of the "Sierra de Francia", a mountain range situated between Spain''s two well-known towns of Salamanca and Caceres. His child had a picture of the Virgin which allegedly cured him of an ailment upon application to his body. Out of gratitude, he vowed to erect a chapel in her honor in Manila. But as he was in Nueva Caceres (Naga) at the request of Bishop Andres Gonzales, O.P., he decided to build it instead in that place to house a replica of the image.
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