Cristo de La Laguna
The latest studies conducted by Professor Francisco Galante Gomez confirm that the figure came from the flourishing workshops of Antwerp, thus making it of Flemish-Brabanzon origin, and it was sculpted by Louis Van Der Vule around 1514.Before the image of the Christ of La Laguna received the episcopal consecration Monsignor Domingo Pérez Cáceres, September 21, 1947, that became the first bishop born in Tenerife that governed his own native diocese.In 2024 the Christ of La Laguna was declared by the Military Archbishop of Spain, Monsignor Don Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo as patron saint of the Field Artillery Regiment number 93 of Tenerife (RACA 93).Another legend tells that a stormy night the religious from the Convent of San Miguel de las Victorias (today Sanctuary of Christ) felt knocking the door, and when they opened it found a large box, the bright lights inside out.[7] From the image of Christ is responsible for a fraternity is the largest of the Canary Islands,[8] call: Pontificia, Real y Venerable Esclavitud del Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna.
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