Saint Gregory the Great Parish Church

The San Gregorio Magno Parish additionally called Majayjay Church and St. Gregory the Great Parish Church, is one of the oldest Roman Catholic church buildings in the Philippines located inside the municipality of Majayjay in Laguna. It is recognized by using the National Museum as a National Cultural Treasure. Majayjay served as the web site of early Catholicism in Laguna. The Augustinians first came in 1568. Along with five Augustinian clergymen and Juan de Salcedo, nephew of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, they commenced to evangelize the sceptical townsmen led by way of Gat Yantok. In 1571,

the Franciscans set up a task town with Don Gaspar Osorio, Agustin Osorio, Juan Osorio, Juan de Mendoza, Ventura Mag-olop, Aman Lingasan and Martín Siasip. The first church turned into constructed through locals in 1575 near the May-it river and turned into made from nipa and bamboo and become later burned in 1576. In 1578, Franciscans Fathers Juan de Plasencia and Diego Oropesa started out to evangelize the city.