Our Lady of La Naval de Manila
La Naval de Manila is the common but shortened name for the statue of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila ( Spanish: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de La Naval de Santíssimo Manila ). She is the Lady of Victory, a title of the Virgin Mary, and is dedicated to the Roman Catholic Church as patron saint of the capital of the Philippines Manila, the soldiers of the Philippine armed forces and the Philippine seafarers. The statuette is on display in the holy shrine named after her in the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City. It is considered a single holy figure of the Philippines, whose face is not geared to European models, but is a Filipina. In 1906 she was accepted into the canon of the veneration of saints by Pope Pius X., and she received the set with 24 diamonds Holy Crown. On October 4, 2012, it was declared by the National Museum of the Philippines to the National Cultural Property in the Philippines.
Wonders of La Naval de Manila
The Spanish and Filipino soldiers who prayed participated in the five naval battles of La Naval de Manila in 1646, the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Santíssimo in the Old Santo Domingo Church in Intramuros in, they asked for help and to support in the coming battles. Following their success, the crews of the ships and Rosario Encarnacion of Nuestra Señora del Rosario Santíssimo attributed the victory was dedicated to her. In 1662, the events of 1646 were declared the miracle of La Naval de Manila by the Bishop of Manila.
More miracle that was attributed to the La Naval, the first success Filipinos during the Philippine Revolution, the occupation of the capital, Manila 1896 addition is brought in touch with her. Liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese occupation 1944/45, and the success of the peaceful EDSA Revolution in 1986.
History
The history of the statuette goes back to 1593, when then- Governor General Luis Perez Dasmarinas to Captain Hernando de los Rios instructed to have prepared a holy figure. You should be the religious expression of his regime in the Philippines. The sculpture was of Our Lady of Victories, given on the basis of the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary, with the Pope Pius V wanted to express his gratitude for the victory of the Christian fleet in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The name La Naval de Manila is referring to the Spanish naval tradition, pointing to the location of the statuette. The statuette has been damaged several times throughout history, but could be restored again. So was the old shrine, the old Santo Domingo church, during the British invasion of the Philippines destroyed in 1762, and at the bombardment of Manila in early 1942 and damaged the figure.
Execution of the statuette
The statuette was made by a Chinese artist. This was based not on European models, but took a Filipina model for the modeling of the facial features. The statuette is 142.24 cm tall and made of the body made of tropical hardwood. The head and hands are made of ivory. The artist noticed the saints always inflated the believers are placed so that the eyes of the La Naval have a slight downward glance and thus allow direct eye contact with the faithful. The clothes of the La Naval corresponds to the clothing of the late 16th or early 17th century at the Spanish royal court. The left arm of the figure carrying the Christ child and in his right hand a scepter.