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Basilica del Santo Nino In Cebu City

Basilica del Santo Nino in Cebu City

Last Thursday I visited three more locations in Cebu City, the first of which was the Basilica del Santo Nino Parish Church. Magellan’s Cross is next to Basilica del Santo Nino so I made a short visit there too. Jessie pointed out the steeple of another nearby church and of course I wanted to go…

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Basilica of Santo Niño

Santo Nino

Not long after arriving in Cebu, I began to hear of Santo Nino. It was explained to me that it was Christ as a child. He looked much different than the Christ I had seen in pictures all my life. I had been here a few months before I even knew this “doll” I had been seeing was a depiction of the Christ Child.

Yesterday I visited the church where this statue is displayed. Its a very significant part of Cebu history as this statue was giving to the rulers of Cebu in 1521

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