Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

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The Basilica Minore del Santo Niño is a historic Catholic church in Cebu City, Philippines, renowned as the country's oldest Roman Catholic church and a major pilgrimage site housing the revered image of the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus).

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic basilica
church building
minor basilica
affiliation Order of Saint Augustine
archdiocese Archdiocese of Cebu
surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu
architecturalStyle Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Sicilian Baroque
surface form: Earthquake Baroque
associatedFestival Sinulog Festival
cityLandmarkOf Cebu
surface form: Cebu City
constructionStart 1565
country Philippines
dedicatedTo Child Jesus
surface form: Holy Child Jesus

Santo Niño de Cebu
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
founded 1565
foundedBy Augustinians
surface form: Augustinian friars
foundingEvent Spanish arrival in Cebu under Miguel López de Legazpi
function parish church
governingBody Archdiocese of Cebu
hasImage Santo Niño de Cebu
hasPart basilica church
bell tower
convent
courtyard
museum
pilgrim center
plaza
heritageDesignation National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines
National Historical Landmark of the Philippines
imageVeneratedAs miraculous image of the Holy Child Jesus
knownFor housing the image of Santo Niño de Cebu
major pilgrimage site in the Philippines
oldest Roman Catholic church in the Philippines
liturgicalTitle minor basilica
liturgicalTitleGrantedBy Pope Paul VI
locatedIn Cebu
surface form: Cebu City

Cebu Island
Province of Cebu
surface form: Cebu Province

Central Visayas
Philippines
Visayas
locatedNear Magellan’s Cross
material coral stone
pilgrimageSiteFor devotees of Santo Niño de Cebu
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrder Order of Saint Augustine
rite Latin Rite
status minor basilica
shrine

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Subject: Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Description of subject: The Basilica Minore del Santo Niño is a historic Catholic church in Cebu City, Philippines, renowned as the country's oldest Roman Catholic church and a major pilgrimage site housing the revered image of the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus).

Referenced by (6)

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Cebu historicalSite Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Sinulog Festival associatedWith Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Province of Cebu contains Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Christianity in the Philippines hasImportantSite Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
this entity surface form: Basilica del Santo Niño
Cebu region hasLandmark Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Sugbuanon religiousCenter Basilica Minore del Santo Niño