HM King Raymond
Traslacion Procession for the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia
The Divino Rostro (an easel painting executed in Spain depicting the legendary Veronica clad in gold, holding a white veil on which is imprinted Christ's face) inside the Penafrancia Basilica ready for the traslacion procession (September 12, 2008).
The Divino Rostro's inclusion in the Traslacion procession for the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia can be traced back to the 18th Century when cholera "colera morbo" spread to Bicol. Casimiro Herrero, then Bishop of Caceres, in a letter dated August 26, 1882, ordered that the votive Mass "Ad Vitendam Mortalitate" be celebrated throughout the diocese. The vicar Pedro dela Torre, a native of Osa de la Vega in Spain, suggested to Herrero to enshrine an image of the Divino Rostro (a copy of the image which was enshrined in the parish of Osa de la Vega in Spain where inhabitants turn to for protection when the cholera epidemic struck Spain in 1834, 1853 and 1855) in the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral for the duration of the epidemic. The bishop agreed to the vicar's suggestion. On 26 August, the image of the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia and the Divino Rostro were enshrined in the cathedral. Since then the two images were inseparable and were carried aloft to the Penafrancia procession.
Traslacion Procession for the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia
The Divino Rostro (an easel painting executed in Spain depicting the legendary Veronica clad in gold, holding a white veil on which is imprinted Christ's face) inside the Penafrancia Basilica ready for the traslacion procession (September 12, 2008).
The Divino Rostro's inclusion in the Traslacion procession for the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia can be traced back to the 18th Century when cholera "colera morbo" spread to Bicol. Casimiro Herrero, then Bishop of Caceres, in a letter dated August 26, 1882, ordered that the votive Mass "Ad Vitendam Mortalitate" be celebrated throughout the diocese. The vicar Pedro dela Torre, a native of Osa de la Vega in Spain, suggested to Herrero to enshrine an image of the Divino Rostro (a copy of the image which was enshrined in the parish of Osa de la Vega in Spain where inhabitants turn to for protection when the cholera epidemic struck Spain in 1834, 1853 and 1855) in the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral for the duration of the epidemic. The bishop agreed to the vicar's suggestion. On 26 August, the image of the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia and the Divino Rostro were enshrined in the cathedral. Since then the two images were inseparable and were carried aloft to the Penafrancia procession.