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Viva La Virgen! (Naga City, Camarines Sur)
The image was found by Simon Vela in 1434 in a place called Pena de Francia (Mountain of France). In 1711, the Philippine version of the image was carved from santol wood and painted with dog's blood mixed with some pigment. Bicolanos later venerated the image after being spared from the cholera epedemic of 1882. The Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia was canonicaly crowned in 1924 (April 2012).
Viva La Virgen! (Naga City, Camarines Sur)
The image was found by Simon Vela in 1434 in a place called Pena de Francia (Mountain of France). In 1711, the Philippine version of the image was carved from santol wood and painted with dog's blood mixed with some pigment. Bicolanos later venerated the image after being spared from the cholera epedemic of 1882. The Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia was canonicaly crowned in 1924 (April 2012).