Ivisan, Capiz Etymology

Jack Maico
5 days ago
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The people, together with the Spanish Officials, aware of the fact that the place was famous for “Ibis”, unanimously deemed it right and proper to call it Ibisan”. Officially, however, the Spaniards called it “Ivisan” because they preferred the letter V over B.

Source: https://lguivisan.gov.ph/blog/how-the-town-got-its-name/

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Church in town: 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 - 𝐏𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞, 𝐈𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧, 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐳

St. Nicholas of Tolentino Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Ivisan, Capiz, Philippines.

The church began as a visita of Panay Parish and later of Capiz Parish (present-day Roxas Cathedral) beginning in 1707. The town, which was named after a small fish called an ibis, was organized in 1815, but it took decades for the church to separate from Capiz. Finally, it became a parish on January 6, 1849.

An early church was built of bricks and limestone, but it was torn down. Another one was constructed beginning in 1892. Church-building was interrupted by the Philippine Revolution, and it resumed in 1902 upon the initiative of Capitan Hipolito Vidal.

The church facade is built with its portico extending into the bell tower. A decorative band tapers to a cross, and upon its face is the niche of the patron and a slender outline of a crucifix. The entrance is flanked by walls of dissimilar surface treatments: the inner ones are rendered in gray concrete, and the outer walls contain sawtooth-like indentations.

Source: https://www.theoldchurches.com/.../st-nicholas-of.../

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

1815 – The Pueblo was established. The first Gobernadorcillo was Eugenio Gerardo, appointed by a Spanish friar. 1895 – A new reform in the government called “Reforma Nueva” changed the Gobernadorcillo to Capitan Municipal.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧: