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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55, 1621-1624

Note 4 — Letter from Archbishop Miguel Garcia Serrano to the King

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Referring to the church and convent of Santi Quattro Incoronati (one of the titular churches of Rome), which was founded by Honorius I (A.D. 622), on the site of a temple of Diana, in honor of four painters and five sculptors who all were martyred for refusing to paint and carve idols for Diocletian. See historical and descriptive account of it in A.J.C. Hare’s Walks in Rome, pp. 230–232.

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