There are more than a dozen chapels inside the church of San Agustin with altars from various periods and architectural styles (baroque and neoclassical) with dedicatees varying over time depending on their patrons and changes done by the fri
There are more than a dozen chapels inside the church of San Agustin with altars from various periods and architectural styles (baroque and neoclassical) with dedicatees varying over time depending on their patrons and changes done by the friars.
Above, the chapels located at the far ends of the transept both gospel and epistle sides:
Chapel of Sta. Rita of Cascia (far end, gospel side) – said to be the chapel which changed dedicatees the most. Previously, it was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, then to St. Ursula, the Santo Cristo de Burgos and finally to the present saint. Several distinguished officials and their families during the colonial period are buried in this chapel.
Chapel of Sto. Nino (gospel side) – the retablo, together with the one at the Chapel of the Our Lady of Consolation were made in 1854. The image is a replica of the Sto. Nino de Cebu but previously, it held another Sto. Nino image with head and hands of ivory now displayed in the museum