Saint Raymond Of Peñafort Parish Church (Malaueg)
Saint Raymond of Peñafort Parish Church, commonly known as Malaueg Church or Rizal Church, is an early 17th-century Baroque architecture, Baroque Roman Catholic church building, church located at Brgy. Poblacion, Rizal, Cagayan, Rizal, Cagayan, Philippines. The parish church, with Raymond of Peñafort, Saint Raymond of Peñafort as its titular patron, is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao. The church structure has been declared a List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines, National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines in 2001. A marker, bearing a brief history of the church, was installed on the church's facade by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Parish history The site of present-day Rizal (formerly Malaueg) was a significant Christian mission, mission center for the Dominican order, Dominican missionaries spreading Christianity on the Cagayan Valley and the foot of the Cordillera Central (Luzon), Co ...
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