Nuestra Senora de Guia or Our Lady of Guidance is known as the Oldest Marian Image venerated in the Philippines. According to the History Ferdinand Magellan was the one who brought the Image of Our Lady among with the image of the Sto.Nino de Cebu in 1521. On May 19,1571 Saturday, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi Arrive in Manila and one of his soldiers was roaming and reached the seashore (Now the site of Ermita) and the soldier witnessed the natives pagan worship to a beautiful statue of the Virgin Mary placed on top of trunk surrounded by pandan.
Now the Image of Nuestra Senora de Guia is Venerated at Ermita Church
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