The Cross of Magellan
THE CROSS OF MAGELLAN
FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THIS SPOT HAS BEEN
SET ASIDE TO COMMEMORATE THE ERECTION
OF A CROSS IN CEBU BY THE EXPEDITION OF
MAGELLAN, WHEN KING HUMABON OF CEBU
AND HIS QUEEN, SON AND DAUGHTERS, TOGETHER
WITH SOME 800 OF THEIR SUBJECTS WERE BAP-
TIZED BY FATHER PEDRO VALDERRAMA. THIS
HALLOWED SITE WAS IMPROVED IN 1735 BY REV.
JUAN ALBARRAN, PRIOR OF SAN AGUSTIN
AND IN 1834 BY RT. REV. SANTOS GOMEZ MA-
RANON, BISHOP OF CEBU. THE IMAGE OF THE
SANTO NINO FOUND BY THE EXPEDITION OF
LEGASPI IN A HOUSE NEAR THE PRESENT SITE
BY THE CATHEDRAL OF CEBU IS VENERATED
BY THE FAITHFUL IN THE NEARBY CHURCH
OF SAN AGUSTIN.
1941
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