TY  - ADVS
ED  - Ayala Museum Research Team
TI  - Our Lady of Peñafrancia
KW  - Images of Mary
KW  - Naga City
KW  - our lady of peñafrancia
KW  - marian images
KW  - simon de vela
KW  - nueva caceres
KW  - santos
N1  - 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.; print
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/RE/RE00125a.jpg
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/RE/RE00125a.jpg
UR  - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=RE00125
ER  -