The Cimarrones had taken notice of this.  Thus, the petition of the Cimarrones for a chapel was so calculated that they suggested the site from where they could easily take a refuge, if pursued, to the forest of Isarog, but not so near the municipio where the guardias had a concentration of forces.  The most suitable site for the chapel would be somewhere near the banks of the Naga River, some two kilometers away from the ciudad de Caceres.

According to the request, the bishop relayed the matter to Rev. Fr. Miguel Robles de Covarrubias who was then thinking on how he could comply with a vow he had made while studying grammar, Latin, philosophy and theology in Universidad de Santo Tomas in Manila .

Miguel Covarrubias was a very sickly lad. His parents, natives of San Martin de Castañar gave him a picture of the Nuestra Señora de Peña de Francia, a copy of the image Simon Vela had found in the town's mountain
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