Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine | |
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Type | Shrine |
Location | Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
Coordinates | 18°3′9″N 120°33′42″E / 18.05250°N 120.56167°E |
Designated | 1949 |
Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine is a memorial shrine in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
The shrine is dedicated to Gregorio Aglipay (1860–1940). He was a Catholic priest and served as a military chaplain during the Philippine Revolution in 1896. He was excommunicated in 1899 for rebelling against Spanish rule in the Philippines. Aglipay later co-founded the Philippine Independent Church with Isabelo de los Reyes in 1902 and became the church's first supreme bishop. [1] [2]
The shrine houses Aglipay's mausoleum. [3] It has a marker dated 1949 from the Philippines Historical Committee, now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. [4] The commission declares the site as a national shrine. [5]
Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine | |
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Type | Shrine |
Location | Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
Coordinates | 18°3′9″N 120°33′42″E / 18.05250°N 120.56167°E |
Designated | 1949 |
Gregorio Aglipay National Shrine is a memorial shrine in Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
The shrine is dedicated to Gregorio Aglipay (1860–1940). He was a Catholic priest and served as a military chaplain during the Philippine Revolution in 1896. He was excommunicated in 1899 for rebelling against Spanish rule in the Philippines. Aglipay later co-founded the Philippine Independent Church with Isabelo de los Reyes in 1902 and became the church's first supreme bishop. [1] [2]
The shrine houses Aglipay's mausoleum. [3] It has a marker dated 1949 from the Philippines Historical Committee, now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. [4] The commission declares the site as a national shrine. [5]