Diocesan Shrine of Immaculate Conception of Naic | Padre Modesto De Castro MarkerDiocesan Shrine of Immaculate Conception of Naic | Padre Modesto De Castro Marker is a Marked Structure, NHCP; Registered Property, Municipality of Naic, Cavite located at Naic, Cavite, Region IV-A.
The church is the oldest and largest relic from the Spanish regime. Its convent was used as headquarters of Andres Bonifacio after the Tejeros Convention.
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Padre Modesto De Castro
1819-1864
Isinilang sa Biñan, Laguna, 15 Hunyo 1819. Nag-aaral ng teolohiya sa Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas. Nagsilbing kuta paroko ng Paombong, Bulacan, 1851-1854, kura rektor ng Katedral ng Maynila, 1855-1857, at kura paroko ng Naic, Cavite, 1857-1864. Tinaguriang “Ama ng Prosang Tagalog.” Kabilang sa kanyang mga akda: ang Platicas Doctrinales, Novena de San Isidro Labrador, Novena del apostol santiago at Exposicion de las Siete Palabras. May-akda ng Urbana at Felisa, na nagsilbing gabay ng kagandahang-asal at pakikipagkapwa-tao noong panahong iyon, 1864. Yumao, 21 Enero 1864.