Cathedral of San Juan Bautista
The Cathedral of San Juan Bautista is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in San Juan, and is the second oldest cathedral in the Americas. The Catedral de Santa María la Menor in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is the oldest. Construction of Cathedral San Juan began in 1521.[1]
The cathedral contains the tomb of the Spanish explorer and settlement founder Juan Ponce de León. It also has the relics of Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago, the first Puerto Rican, the first Caribbean-born layperson and the first layperson in the history of the United States to be beatified.[2]
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[edit] Gallery
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Tomb of Juan Ponce de Leon
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Relics of Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago
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Virgen de la Providencia
(Virgin of Providence)
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- ^ Cathedral San Juan History
- ^ "Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago (1918-1963)". Blesseds: Table of the Beatifications during the Pontificate of His Holiness John Paul II. The Holy See. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20010429_rodriguez-santiago_en.html. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
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- Official Web Site of the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista (Spanish)
- English language web site with information about the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista
Coordinates: 18°27′57″N 66°7′4″W / 18.46583°N 66.11778°W
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