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Basilica del Santo Niño

The Basilica del Santo Niño in Cebu City, Philippines, is the church of the oldest Roman Catholic parish in the country, founded by Augustinian missionaries…

Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

Also: Basilica del Santo Niño — the common short form, Santo Niño Basilica — the popular styling of the devotion's literature, Church and Convent of Saint Augustine — the original designation, San Agustín

The Basilica Minore del Santo Niño — formerly the church and convent of San Agustín, Cebu — is the Augustinian church of Cebu City built…

Santo Niño

Also: Santo Niño de Cebú, Holy Child of Cebu, Señor Santo Niño

The Santo Niño, most famously venerated as the Santo Niño de Cebú, is a historic wooden statue of the Child Jesus dressed as a monarch,…

Magellan's Cross

Also: Magellan's Cross Pavilion, Santo Niño cross (popular usage), Portuguese-era cross of Cebu

Magellan's Cross is a Christian cross housed in an octagonal stone-and-wood pavilion along Magallanes Street in Cebu City, Philippines, planted by tradition on the spot…

Andrés de Urdaneta

Also: Fray Andrés de Urdaneta, O.S.A. — the styled form of his religious profession, The navigator of the tornaviaje — his standard descriptive designation, Discoverer of the Kuroshio Current route — the credit the standard account records

Andrés de Urdaneta (born November 30, 1508, at Ordizia — then styled Villafranca — in Gipuzkoa, Basque country, Crown of Castile; died June 3, 1568,…

Fort San Pedro

Also: Fuerza de San Pedro, Cebu Fort San Pedro

Fort San Pedro (Fuerza de San Pedro) is a triangular Spanish military fortification at the edge of Plaza Independencia in Cebu City. First raised in…

Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Also: Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of St. Vitalis — the formal designation in the archdiocese's own styling, Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of Saint Vitalis and of the Immaculate Conception — the fuller title in the archdiocese's templates, Cebu Cathedral — the common short form

The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral — formally the Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of St. Vitalis — is the seat of the Archdiocese of Cebu, the mother…

Kaplag

Also: The Finding of the Santo Niño — the English rendering the Basilica's literature uses, The rediscovery of the Santo Niño de Cebú — the standard account's term, The Kaplag of April 28, 1565 — the year-qualified form

The Kaplag — Cebuano for "finding" or "discovery" — is the name given to the rediscovery of the Santo Niño de Cebú on April 28,…

Archdiocese of Cebu

Also: Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Cebu — the formal title, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Nominis Iesu o Caebuana — the Latin designation, Diocese of Cebu — the designation before 1934

The Archdiocese of Cebu — formally the Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Cebu — is the Roman Catholic metropolitan see…

2013 Bohol Earthquake

Also: Bohol earthquake of 2013, October 2013 Bohol earthquake, M7.2 Bohol earthquake

The 2013 Bohol Earthquake was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the island province of Bohol and the surrounding Central Visayas region of the Philippines…

Colon Street

Also: Colon St., Calle Colón, Dalan Colon

Colon Street is a historical street in downtown Cebu City, Philippines, running about 1.17 kilometers (0.73 mi) from P. Burgos Street at its eastern end…

Manila Cathedral

Also: Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception — the formal title, Manila Metropolitan Cathedral — the metropolitan designation, Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception — the post-1981 combined style

The Manila Cathedral, formally the Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila…

Simbang Gabi

Also: Misa de Gallo (Spanish, "Rooster's Mass") — the historic name for the dawn Masses, applied in one usage to the December 24 conclusion, Night Mass — literal English rendering of the Filipino name, "Anticipated Simbang Gabi" — the common but canonically imprecise label for the December 15–23 evening celebrations

Simbang Gabi — Filipino for "night Mass" — is the Philippine tradition of nine Masses held before dawn from December 16 to December 24, culminating…

San Agustín Church

Also: Church of the Immaculate Conception of San Agustín — the formal name carried by the UNESCO inscription, Church of Saint Paul of Manila — the original designation of the 1607 structure, San Agustín Church, Manila — the disambiguated form, against the Surigao del Sur municipality of the same name

San Agustín Church, formally the Church of the Immaculate Conception of San Agustín and originally named the Church of Saint Paul of Manila, is the…

Rajah Tupas

Also: Felipe Tupas — the baptismal name recorded at his 1568 baptism, Sri Tupas — the styling of the Aginid-derived genealogy, a contested source, Hari Tupas — the form carried in later Cebuano tradition and genealogical studies

Rajah Tupas (baptized Felipe Tupas; born c. 1497, died 1568) was the last Rajah of Cebu, succeeding Rajah Humabon — who died before 1565, in…

Queen Juana

Also: Hara Humamay — the conventional styling, from the contested Aginid chronicle, Amihan — the name in some versions of the tradition and in Sinulog narratives, Humamai — the Aginid's variant spelling

Queen Juana was the consort of Rajah Humabon, the chieftain of Cebu at Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in 1521 — the queen who, beside her husband…

Battle of Mactan

Also: The Battle of Mactan, 1521 — the year-qualified form, Lapu-Lapu's victory at Mactan — the result-based styling, Kadaugan sa Mactan — "Victory of Mactan," the Cebuano name carried by the annual reenactment festival

The Battle of Mactan was fought in the early morning of April 27, 1521, on the shore of Mactan Island in Cebu, between warriors of…

Order of Saint Augustine

Also: The Augustinians — the common English designation, O.S.A. — the post-nominal initials, Ordo Sancti Augustini — the Latin form

The Order of Saint Augustine (Latin: Ordo Sancti Augustini; O.S.A.) is a mendicant religious order of the Catholic Church whose friars live under the Rule…

Rajah Humabon

Also: Rajah of Cebu — the conventional designation, Rajah of Sugbu — the polity's own name for Cebu, in the later chronicles, Carlos — the baptismal name given on April 14, 1521

Rajah Humabon was the chieftain of Cebu at Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in 1521 — the ruler of the archipelago's principal trading port who received the…

Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines

Also: Catholic Church in the Philippines, Catholic Church in the Philippines — the standard short designation, The Philippine Catholic Church — the common descriptive form

The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is the part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Bishop of Rome operating in the…

Sinulog Festival

Also: Sinulog — the short form, used alike for the dance, the devotion, and the festival, The Sinulog Grand Parade — the climactic Sunday event, often used for the whole festival, The Grandest Festival in the Philippines — the styling the standard account records

The Sinulog Festival is Cebu City's annual religious and cultural festival, held on the third Sunday of January in honor of the Santo Niño de…

Basilica Del Santo Nino (disambiguation)