Sto. Niño Chronicles
Historical notes and more.
June 3, 2017
June 3, 2017
The Augustinians were the pioneering missionaries to formally evangelize the Philippines in 1565. Since then, they had been the custodians of the miraculous image of the Holy Child, Señor Sto. Niño. When the image was found on April 28, 1565, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi entrusted to them the spiritual care […]
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017
Fray Julian Bermejo, OSA “El Padre Capitan” of Boljoon In surveying the Augustinian contributions in Cebu and in the Philippines, we cannot forget the tireless efforts of Fray Julian Bermejo, OSA in the town of Boljoon and its neighboring settlements. He was hailed by the old natives as “El Padre […]
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017
The Life of Fray Diego de Herrera and his martyrdom in the Philippines Actual text translated into English from the “Conquistas de las Islas de Filipinas” by Fray Gaspar de San Agustin, OSA, pp. 749-759 The Life of the venerable Fray Diego de Herrera, and the unfortunate failure of the mission he […]
May 29, 2017
May 29, 2017
San Agustin notes that Magellan’s expedition “discovered the mouth of the cove of Cebu called Mandaue on 7 April at noon in 1521.” The fluvial parade, a civic celebration started in the early 1980’s re-enacts the arrival of Magellan’s galleons bringing the image of the Santo Niño to Cebu, with […]
May 29, 2017
May 29, 2017
The Cross of Magellan From time immemorial this spot has been set aside to commemorate the erection of a cross in Cebu by the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. When King Humabon of Cebu and his queen, son and daughters, together with some 800 of their subjects were baptized by […]
May 21, 2017
May 21, 2017
1699 Map of Cebu showing the church of the Santo Niño de Cebu Cebu was decreed “Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus” only after Philippine II of Spain had ordered Legazpi to take formal possession of the islands in his name in 1571. Legazpi was already in Panay when he […]
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017
1521 Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival; planting of the Cross of Catholicism on the shore of ancient Cebu. The cross of Magellan is enshrined on the present kiosk on Plaza Sugbo which was formerly the starting point of Magallanes Street. In 1834, then bishop of Cebu (1829-1840), Santos gomez Marañon, OSA renovated […]