Note XIX‑1 — Chapter XIX · THE ECCLESIASTICS IN CHIAPAS. 1550.
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As early as May 28, 1528, fines were appropriated to the building of the church. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 277; Juarros, Hist. Guat., 63. It was dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Anunciacion, but afterward, when the name of the city was changed, San Cristóbal was chosen as the patron saint, and this name was retained after it was erected into a cathedral. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 274; Nueva España, Breve Res., MS., ii. 390; Calle, Mem. y Not., 122.