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 A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military. In some cases they will also work with local civilians within a military area of operations. Although the term ''cha ...

during the Philippine Revolution in 1896. He was

excommunicated Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the communion of a member of a congregation with other members of the religious institution who are in normal communion with each other. The purpose ...

in 1899 for rebelling against Spanish rule in the Philippines. Aglipay later co-founded the

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with Isabelo de los Reyes in 1902 and became the church's first supreme bishop. The shrine houses Aglipay's mausoleum. It has a marker dated 1949 from the Philippines Historical Committee, now the

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. The commission declares the site as a national shrine.

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Monuments and memorials in the Philippines Buildings and structures in Ilocos Norte {{Philippines-struct-stub