Santiago de Vera: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
BetacommandBot (talk | contribs)
931,490 edits
re-categorisation per CFD using AWB
m Fixed typo #article-section-source-editor
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit
 
(46 intermediate revisions by 36 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Santiago de Vera''' was the sixth [[Spanish Governor - Captain General of the Philippines|Spanish governor]] of the [[Philippines]], from [[16 May]] [[1584]] until May 1590.
{{Short description|Spanish colonial governor of the Philippines from 1584 to 1590}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
| name = Santiago de Vera
| image =
| monarch = [[Philip II of Spain]]
| governor = (''Viceroy of New Spain'')<br/>[[Luis de Villanueva y Zapata]]<br/>[[Pedro Moya de Contreras]]<br/>[[Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, 1st Marquess of Villamanrique]]<br/>[[Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas]]
| term_start = May 16, 1584
| term_end = May 1590
| order = 6th [[Spanish Governor - Captain General of the Philippines|Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines]]
| predecessor = [[Diego Ronquillo]]
| successor = [[Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| signature = Santiago de Vera's signature.svg
}}


'''Santiago de Vera''' was a native of [[Alcalá de Henares]], [[Spain]] and the sixth [[Spanish Governor - Captain General of the Philippines|Spanish governor]] of the [[History of the Philippines (1565–1898)|Philippines]], from May 16, 1584, until May 1590.<ref name="blair-tpi-17">{{cite book | editor1-last = Blair | editor1-first = Emma Helen | editor1-link = Emma Helen Blair | editor2-last = Robertson | editor2-first = James Alexander | editor2-link = James Alexander Robertson | others = Historical introduction and additional notes by [[Edward Gaylord Bourne]]; additional translations by [[Henry B. Lathrop]] | title = The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898 | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15530 | volume = 17 of 55 (1609–1616) | year = 1904 | publisher = [[Arthur H. Clark Company]] | location = Cleveland, Ohio | oclc = 769945708 | isbn = 978-1426486869 | quote = <span style="font-family:Times;font-size:95%">Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of [[List of islands of the Philippines|the islands]] and their peoples, their history and records of the [[catholic missions]], as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.</span> | name-list-style = amp }}</ref>{{rp|pages=286–287}}
⚫
{{start box}}

==Governorship==
Governor [[Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa]] and [[Domingo de Salazar]], the first bishop of Manila, had requested the King of Spain to establish the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] then called the ''Audiencia'', to settle disputes between the Church and State. In 1584, three judges arrived from Mexico and started the justice court with De Vera serving as the chief justice.<ref name="Jernegan"/>

After the sudden death of Governor Peñalosa, [[Diego Ronquillo]], his nephew became the governor ''ad interim'' but was later charged for [[defalcation]] in the trust of Peñalosa's estate and was sent back to Spain as a prisoner. As the chief justice of the court, Santiago de Vera succeeded as the governor of the islands on May 16, 1584.<ref name="blair-tpi-06">{{cite book | editor1-last = Blair | editor1-first = Emma Helen | editor1-link = Emma Helen Blair | editor2-last = Robertson | editor2-first = James Alexander | editor2-link = James Alexander Robertson | others = Historical introduction and additional notes by [[Edward Gaylord Bourne]] | title = The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898 | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13120 | volume = 06 of 55 (1583–1588) | year = 1903 | publisher = [[Arthur H. Clark Company]] | location = Cleveland, Ohio | oclc = 769945230 | isbn = 978-0554338217 | quote = <span style="font-family:Times;font-size:95%">Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.</span> | name-list-style = amp }}</ref>{{rp|page=16}}

==First houses of stone==
[[File:Nuestra Señora de Guia fort ground plan.jpg|thumb|Ground plan of the Fort of Nuestra Señora de Guia built by Santiago de Vera in 1587]]
Following the great fire of Manila on March 19, 1583, which started during the wake of Governor [[Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa]] at the [[San Agustin Church, Manila|San Agustin Church]], Santiago de Vera made an order that all construction in [[Manila]] should be of stone. It was found that stone could be easily cut near the banks of the Pasig in Guadalupe (now Guadalupe Viejo in [[Makati]]) and brought to Manila in boats.

==Fort of Nuestra Señora de Guia==
He also built the first stone fort of Manila called ''Nuestra Señora de Guia'' (Our Lady of Guidance) in 1587 located at the present location of San Diego Bastion ''(Baluarte de San Diego)'' at the southwestern corner of Intramuros with plans by a Jesuit named Sedeño. The artillery for this fort was cast by [[Panday Pira]].<ref name="Jernegan"/><ref name=blair-tpi-06 />{{rp|page=299}}

De Vera also began to dig the moat which surrounded the city. He also built a stone [[Breastwork (fortification)|breastwork]] along the Pasig riverfront. The great wall was not begun till the tenure of [[Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas]].<ref name="Jernegan">Jernegan, Prescott F. (1905). [https://archive.org/details/ashorthistoryph00jerngoog "A Short History of the Philippines for use in Philippine schools"], p. 104. D. Appleton and Company, New York.</ref>
{{clear}}

==References==

{{reflist}}

⚫
{{s-start}}
{{s-off}}
{{succession box |
{{succession box |
before= [[Diego Ronquillo]]|
before= [[Diego Ronquillo]]|
title= [[Spanish Governor - Captain General of the Philippines]] |
title= [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines]]|
years= 1584&ndash;1590|
years= 1584–1590|
after= [[Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas]] |
after= [[Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas]] |
}}
}}
{{end box}}
{{s-end}}
{{Governor-General of the Philippines|state=collapsed}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Vera, Santiago De}}
{{SEAsia-hist-stub}}
⚫
[[Category:Captains General of the Philippines]]
⚫
{{Spain-politician-stub}}
[[Category:16th-century Spanish people]]
{{Philippines-politician-stub}}



⚫
[[Category:History of the Philippines|Vera]]
⚫
{{Philippines-politician-stub}}
[[Category:Foreigners in the Philippines|Vera]]
[[Category:Spanish colonial period in the Philippines|Vera]]

Latest revision as of 21:35, 16 May 2024

Santiago de Vera
6th Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
In office
May 16, 1584 – May 1590
MonarchPhilip II of Spain
Governor(Viceroy of New Spain)
Luis de Villanueva y Zapata
Pedro Moya de Contreras
Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, 1st Marquess of Villamanrique
Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas
Preceded byDiego Ronquillo
Succeeded byGómez Pérez Dasmariñas
Signature

Santiago de Vera was a native of Alcalá de Henares, Spain and the sixth Spanish governor of the Philippines, from May 16, 1584, until May 1590.[1]: 286–287 

Governorship[edit]

Governor Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa and Domingo de Salazar, the first bishop of Manila, had requested the King of Spain to establish the Supreme Court of the Philippines then called the Audiencia, to settle disputes between the Church and State. In 1584, three judges arrived from Mexico and started the justice court with De Vera serving as the chief justice.[2]

After the sudden death of Governor Peñalosa, Diego Ronquillo, his nephew became the governor ad interim but was later charged for defalcation in the trust of Peñalosa's estate and was sent back to Spain as a prisoner. As the chief justice of the court, Santiago de Vera succeeded as the governor of the islands on May 16, 1584.[3]: 16 

First houses of stone[edit]

Ground plan of the Fort of Nuestra Señora de Guia built by Santiago de Vera in 1587

Following the great fire of Manila on March 19, 1583, which started during the wake of Governor Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa at the San Agustin Church, Santiago de Vera made an order that all construction in Manila should be of stone. It was found that stone could be easily cut near the banks of the Pasig in Guadalupe (now Guadalupe Viejo in Makati) and brought to Manila in boats.

Fort of Nuestra Señora de Guia[edit]

He also built the first stone fort of Manila called Nuestra Señora de Guia (Our Lady of Guidance) in 1587 located at the present location of San Diego Bastion (Baluarte de San Diego) at the southwestern corner of Intramuros with plans by a Jesuit named Sedeño. The artillery for this fort was cast by Panday Pira.[2][3]: 299 

De Vera also began to dig the moat which surrounded the city. He also built a stone breastwork along the Pasig riverfront. The great wall was not begun till the tenure of Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blair, Emma Helen & Robertson, James Alexander, eds. (1904). The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898. Vol. 17 of 55 (1609–1616). Historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne; additional translations by Henry B. Lathrop. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. ISBN 978-1426486869. OCLC 769945708. Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
  2. ^ a b c Jernegan, Prescott F. (1905). "A Short History of the Philippines for use in Philippine schools", p. 104. D. Appleton and Company, New York.
  3. ^ a b Blair, Emma Helen & Robertson, James Alexander, eds. (1903). The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898. Vol. 06 of 55 (1583–1588). Historical introduction and additional notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Company. ISBN 978-0554338217. OCLC 769945230. Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
Political offices
Preceded by Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
1584–1590 		Succeeded by


Flag of PhilippinesPolitician icon

This article about a Filipino politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santiago_de_Vera&oldid=1224203279"