Santiago de Compostela Cebu’s new pilgrim site
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Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal yesterday declared St. James the Apostle parish church in Compostela town as Cebu’s own ‘Santiago de Compostela,’ the newest archdiocesan shrine for pilgrims to visit.
In a decree of conferment he issued on July 24, Vidal named the shrine “Santiago de Compostela,†in reference to the famous pilgrimage Cathedral in Galicia, Spain.
“They don’t have to go outside the Philippines or outside Cebu anymore because there is already a shrine here,†Vidal said. More…