Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

The Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís (Church of St. Francis of Assisi) is a Catholic church located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).

Church of St. Francis of Assisi
Façade
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
DistrictDiocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
ProvinceArchdiocese of Seville
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusChurch
Location
LocationSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Architecture
StyleColonial of the Canary Islands
Completed1680
Direction of façadeEast

This church was originally a Franciscan convent and is now the second most important church of the city, after the Church of the Conception. The present church was completed in 1680 and notable for the large number of works of art he owns. The church has three naves and is one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in the Canary Islands.

Although the church is most famous because it is home to the miraculous image of the Señor de las Tribulaciones, a small picture that represents Jesus Christ, which is famous because after a cholera epidemic and morbidity in 1893, we made a procession with this image through the streets of the city and the epidemic stopped miraculously. For this reason the size is invoked as protector of the city and taking the title of Señor de Santa Cruz.[1]

References
  1. El Toscal recuerda hoy el milagro del Señor de las Tribulaciones

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