Saturday, April 9, 2016

Our Lady of Peñafrancia Shrine, Naga City, Camarines Sur


HISTORY

Located in Naga, Camarines Sur.  It is under the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Caceres.  The church was formerly the home of the image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia before the Peñafrancia Basilica was constructed.  Our Lady of Peñafrancia is one of the East Asia's greatest sites of Christian pilgrimage.

The parish church is also the location of the Plaza Miguel Robles de Covarrubias where the Translacion procession of our Lady of Peñafrancia begins, opening the Peñafrancia Festival.

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