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Photos: ‘Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia’

The Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia is believed to be a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that is venerated in Naga City since 1710.

Jarvis Ivan Sadiua

September 11, 2022

Thousands of devotees join the religious procession in honor of the “Our Lady of Penafrancia” and the “Divino Rostro” in the city of Naga, south of Manila, on September 9, 2022. (Photo by Jarvis Ivan Sadiua for LiCAS News)

Thousands of Devotees of the “Our Lady of Penafrancia” and the “Divino Rostro (Holy Face of Jesus) joined the traditional “traslacion,” a religious procession of the images, in the city of Naga, south of the Philippine capital Manila on September 9, 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia is believed to be a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that is venerated in Naga City since 1710. (Photos by Jarvis Ivan Sadiua for LiCAS News)

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