travel and leisure: Basilica Minore del Santo Nino (Cebu City, Philippines)

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Basilica Minore del Santo Nino (Cebu City, Philippines)

Inside the church.....

Our Cebu trip won't be completed without visiting the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino. This church is located just beside the Magellan's Cross (http://joneeacedilla.blogspot.com/2013/04/magellans-cross-cebu-city-philippines.html).

Basilica Minore del Santo Nino is the oldest Catholic church in the Philippines. It was founded in the 16th century.

Outside the church

The Spanish term for this church is Basilica Menor del Santo Nino and the Italian version is Basilica Minore del Santo Bambino.

It says:

CHURCH AND CONVENT OF
SANTO NINO

The church and convent erected by the Augustinian Fathers under the Rev. Andres Urdaneta in 1565 were the first established in the Philippines. Both were burned down on November 1, 1566. The second church was likewise destroyed by fire in March of 1628. But rebuilt soon after (1628-1629) under the administration of the historian Rev. Juan de Medina, O. S. A. The present massive church was designed and constructed during the priorship of Rev. Juan Albarran O. S. A. (1735-1737). The Santo Nino venerated in the church since the time of Legaspi, is the center of intense devotion and religious pilgrimages throught\ out the Visayas.

My second visit and again I took time to stand on line for my 2nd encounter and prayer for Sto. Nino. This is also to complete my pilgrimage or BISITA to the churches of Visayas since I already started in Bohol's Baclayon Church (http://joneeacedilla.blogspot.com/2013/04/baclayon-church-bohol-philippines.html).