page_title: Our Lady of Porta Vaga
section_title: 1700s
hierarchical_section_title: Our Lady of Porta Vaga / Historical timeline / 1700s
caption_attribution_description: English: Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga Estampa of the Tahanan ng mabuting pastol
context_page_description: Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, or commonly Our Lady of Porta Vaga, is a Marian title associated with a religious icon which depicts the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Solitude.
  The oldest dated Marian painting in the Philippines and the Patroness of the Province of Cavite, permanently enshrined in the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga, San Roque Church in Cavite City. The image was ceremoniously crowned on 17 November 1978, having been long disputed as illegitimate. It gained an official canonical coronation on 19 March 2018 under the auspices of Pope Francis and received the state recognition as a National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines on September 27, 2017.
context_section_description: 1739 – The first time that the Ermita de la Virgen de la Soledad was mentioned in the map of Cavite Puerto.
  1739 –  The Chaplain of the Ermita de la Soledad was Fr. Nicolas Melo.
  1739 (October 5) – Fr. Marcos Zamora was appointed as administrator and mayordomo of the Capilla Nuestra Sra. De la Soledad. He was asked to submit an inventory of the properties of the said chapel.
  1742 – Soldedad Patricenante de Maria, Oracion Evangelica de Nuestra Señora de la Soleded apellidada de Puerta Vaga was printed. This was based on the preaching given by the Dominican preachers Fray Juan de la Cruz in the Ermita de la Soledad in 1741.
  1747 (December 16) – Fr. Viente de Segueyra was appointed as chaplain of the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Soleded.
  1748 (January 22) – Fr. Vicente de Segueyra asked Don Patricio de Mena Rear Admiral of the ship, Principe de Asturias, to ask for alms in his trip to China and Canton for the said sanctuary, the Ermiita of the Soledad. This was approved by the Archbishop of Manila.
  1751 (January 16) – Fr. De Sousa was granted permission by the Archbishop of Manila to ask for alms from passengers aboard the ship Santisimo Rosario bound for Acapulco for the greater glory of the cult and adornment of the Nuestra Señora de la Soledad.
  1752 (July 7) – Fr. de Sousa solicited alms for the image of Nuestra Señora de la Soledad aboard Nuestra Señora del Rosario y San Juan Bautista.
  1755 (November 21) Fr. Antonio Gil Adriano was appointed chaplain of the Ermita.
  1757 (November 6) – A document mentioned the existence of Obras Pias de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad under the administration of Don Miguel Cortes de Arrendenio y Oriosolo, Vicar General of Manila.
  1768 (January 17) – Fr. Joseph Aranzana was appointed chaplain of the Ermita de la Soledad.
  1768 (July 20) – Fr. Aranzana was given permission to ask for alms for the Virgen de la Soledad aboard the Frigate San Carlos.
  1768 (August 11) – Fr. Joseph de Jesus Diaz Vardona was appointed chaplain of the Ermita.
  1768 (October 1) – Fr. Vicente Hipolito was assigned as mayordomo capella of the Ermita.
  1769 (July 19) – Fr. Vicente Hipolito was given the permission to solicit from the galleon San Carlos.
  1770 (March 1) – Fr. Thomas Nazario Benitez was appointed chaplain of the Ermita.
  1771 – The sanctuary of the Ermita was painted floors, leaks and windows were repaired.
  1773 (March 1) – Fr. Raphael Ochoa was appointed chaplain of the Ermita.
  1774 (April) – Fr. Dionicio Vicente Esguera de Leyba was appointed chaplain of the Ermita.
  1775 – Archbishop Sancho of Manila approved the rebuilding of the retablo with gold and silver leaf imported from Canton.
  1775 – 1792 – Don Mateo Joaquin Rubio de Arevalo Bishop of Cebu granted 40 days of indulgence to devotees of the Virgen de la Soledad. During this time, estampas printed on silk was a popular one. Devotees adorn the copies with gold and silver embroidery and ivory.
  1776 – 1788 – Don Basilio Sancho de Santa Justa y Rufina was Archbishop of Manila. He granted 80 days of indulgence to devotees of the Nuestra Señora de la Soledad.
  1787 – inventory of the Ermita described four altars; much silver vessels and decoration and curtains of different colors hanging in the Ermita.
  1830 (June 2) – Lighting struck the altar of the Ermita, fire razed the altar to ground but the image of the Virgin remained intact amidst he ashes and debris.
caption: The oldest Estampa or print of Our Lady of Solitude of Porta Vaga with the granted 40 days indulgence of Bishop Mateo Joaquin Rubio de Arevalo of Cebu
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