San Clemente de Angono - The Miraculous Patron and Patriarch of Angono, Rizal
San Clemente de Angono (altar image) Angono, Rizal, famously known for two things, the Art Capital of the Philippines with numerous artists and national artists that were born there, the art galleries that can be found throughout the municipality and its famed Higantes Festival held every October in honor of the town's patron saint and patriarch - San Clemente de Angono, Pope and of the Great Martyrs of the early years of the Catholic Chruch. The Patriarch's Visage There were two known images of San Clemente that is venerated in Angono, Rizal: the original bust image and the full bodied church image. The first image of San Clemente is a wooden bust image of the Martyred Pontiff where he wears the standard iconography of a Pope-Saint: the Tri Regnum or the Papal Tiara, the three barred Cross, the fisherman's ring, and the upper half of the red Papal Regalia. The image is has this expressive eyes that commands veneration to its beholder. The image is kept in an urna...