The Divino Rostro (Holy Face of Jesus) devotion started when Vicar General Pedro de la Torre, a native of OSA de la VEGA, Spain, suggested to Bishop Casimiro Herrero, O.SA (1880-1886) that the picture the former owned be venerated publicly and Jesus be invoked under the title DIVINO ROSThO in order to spare the populace from the klller cholera epidemic that has claimed many lives in Manila and in some Bicol areas. Padre de la Torre knew that his native town, OSA DE IA VEGA was spared from the same cholera epidemic in 1834,1854 and 1855 through the townfolks' devotion to the Divino Rostro. Bishop Herrero ordered further that Our Lady of Penafrancia be invoked too. So on August 26, 1882, the Divino Rostro and Penafrancia devotions were venerated together for the first time. From that time on, these two devotions became inseparable. The Divino Rostro Fiesta is celebrated on the Friday of the traditional TRASIACION, Friday, preceded by a nine-day Novena prayers and Mass.