Black Nazarene

Description
The Black Nazarene is a life-sized image of a dark-skinned, kneeling Jesus Christ
carrying the Cross enshrined in the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in the Quiapo
district of the City of Manila, Philippines. Wikipedia
Shrine: Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene
Approval: Pope Innocent X; Pope Pius VII
Witness: Recollect Priests; Basílio Sancho de Santa Justa y Rufina, S.P., Archbishop of
Manila
Location: Quiapo, Manila, Philippines
The Black Nazarene was carved by an unknown Mexican from a dark wood in the 16th
century in Mexico and then transported to the Philippines in 1606. It depicts Jesus en
route to his crucifixion. ... The Black Nazarene is venerated by Filipino devotees every
Friday.
The Black Nazarene (Spanish: El Nazareno Negro, Nuestro Padre Jesús
Nazareno, Filipino: Poóng Itím na Nazareno, Hesus Nazareno[1]) is a life-sized image of a
dark-skinned, kneeling Jesus Christ carrying the Cross enshrined in the Minor Basilica of
the Black Nazarene in the Quiapo district of the City of Manila, Philippines.[2]
The Black Nazarene was carved by an unknown Mexican from a dark wood in the 16th
century in Mexico and then transported to the Philippines in 1606.[2][3] It depicts Jesus en
route to his crucifixion. Pope Innocent X granted recognition to the lay Confraternity of
Santo Cristo Jesús Nazareno in 1650 for the promotion of the devotion to Jesus through
the icon.[3] It was housed in several churches near Manila in the early decades, arriving
in Quiapo Church in 1787 where it has been enshrined ever since.[3] The icon is renowned
in the Philippines and is considered by many Filipino Catholics to be miraculous; its mere
touch reputed to cure disease.[2][3] It attracts homage by numerous devotees and major
processions every year.[3][4]
The image (in recent years a composite replica) is brought out of its shrine in procession
three times a year: January 9 (the anniversary of the icon's translation), Good Friday (the
Nazarene's liturgical feast, commemorating the culmination of the Passion), and
December 31 (New Year's Eve, the first day of its annual novena).[3][5] The January 9
procession re-enacts the image's Traslación (literally "transfer") in 1787, or "solemn
transfer" to the Minor Basilica from its original shrine inside Intramuros.[6][7] The January
9 Traslación is the largest procession, drawing thousands of devotees thronging to touch
the icon and lasting 22 hours at the most.[7][8][9]
The Black Nazarene is venerated by Filipino devotees every Friday. Along with the Santo
Niño (Child Jesus), it is the most popular object of devotion in the Philippines.[10] A similar
image called Cristo Negro is venerated in Portobelo, Panama.[11]