Feast Day: September 22
History:The cornerstone of the new and permanent church was laid on the 5th of December in 1859 amidst a lavish religious ceremony with the singing of Te Deun, Laudamus Litania de San Marcos, ringing of church bells and signing of documents of church and town officials. Coins (1 sicualohon (P0.6 ¼), 1 sicapaton (P0.12 ¼), 1 capatihon (P0.25), 1 salapion (P0.50) 1 pisoson (P1.00), a gold necklace and documents were burried on the church’s proposed main entrance. The visitors then were brought in the home of Capitan Timoteo Amarra. On December of 1864, five years later, the church was formally opened. Read more...
How to get there: Catch a jeepney to alimodian parked at jaro market
For more information regarding this church and other churches in Iloilo and Panay, please visit: www.visita-iglesia.com
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