On March 25, 1626 Governor Juan Nito De Tabora brought to the country from Acapulco, Mexico, the image of the Virgin and before he died, he bequeathed the image was installed at Sition Sta. Cruz and it is said that this was lost several times and each time was recovered on a Tipolo tree. Because of these unusual incidents, it was decided in 1632 to erect the church at that place under the administration of Fr. Juan de Salazar.

In 1639, the Chinese revolted to the protest that increased in taxes reaching the village of Antipolo and the church was burn to the ground by the rebels. Miraculously, the image was unharmed. The Virgin was taken to Sitio Ginapao and then brought to Cavite upon orders of the Governor General. It stayed in Cavite for 14 years.
Ten years from the said incident was renamed Virgin of Peace and Good Voyage after which it traveled five more time to Acapulco, Mexico before it rested permanently in the town.

Of course, no Spanish expedition or foundation could take place without the close collaboration of church and state, and so two priests were sent with the Carrion expedition, to serve as chaplains and perhaps to start a new center of evangelical activity. They were Fathers Cristobal de Salvatierra, a Dominican who had arrived in Manila with the first bishop the Dominican Domingo Salazar, whom he served as "provisor" or Vicar general, and Fr. Francisco Rodriguez and Augustinian. The two religious were soon discouraged by the resistance of the natives to receive the preaching of the Gospel, and the bad example set by the Spaniards in the area (soldiers and "encomenderos" alike) and decided to return to Manila. (1 b). In terms of a conquest, Carrion did not find it difficult to submit to the Spanish crown the different ethnic groups living in the area from he north all the way down to Tuguegarao, the flat region. The towns of Pata, Cabicungan, Masi, Abulug, Camalaniugan, Buguey and others voluntarily accepted to be under the King of Spain in the referendum conducted in 1599 (1c). The conquest of the rest of the province would be a different story. The town of Nueva Segovia would give the name to the entire Cagayan Valley which came to be known as the province of Nueva Segovia (from the Caraballos in the south to the China sea in the north, the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Cordilleras or Sierras, dividing the province from the Ilocos, to the west. The Valley was irrigated by the majestic Ibanag River, also known as Tajo and Rio Grande de Cagayan, the Magat and the Rio Chico, some times called Lobo). For a long time (till 1739), the only way to reach Bojeador cape and then by going upstream in the Rio Grande. The natural divisions of the Valley were the northern coastal fringe, and, southwards, the Itaves, the Siguiran, and the Irraya, the Diffun, the Ituy and Paniqui regions. Only in 1841 a division of the Valley or Nueva Segovia was carried out with the creation of the province of Nueva Vizcaya in the south. The Valley would de divided a new in 1856, resulting in three provinces with new boundaries, when the province of Isabela de Luzon was created.

On September 4, 1634, in the city of Paris, capital of France, a child was born to pious and religious parents, Rolan and Barbara. He was christened Simon.

They were quite well off; their property was more than sufficient to maintain a family of four. Early in youth, however, Simon despised wealth although his parents could well afford his wishes. He was rather of a religious turn of mind and was wont to kneel before the altar of the household shrine to pray. He was no ordinary boy who, instead of taking part in boyish games and pranks, found delight in things spiritual. Nothing the religious bent of their child, the parents sent him to school at the age of ten to study grammar and, later, philosophy to prepare him for the priesthood. Not being bright, however, he was not able to finish his studies and was not ordained therefore to the priesthood. When he was old enough, his parents advised him to marry, but marriage offered no allurement to him as he had made a vow to the Holy Virgin to devote his life to works of piety.

When his parents and his only sister died, Simon inherited all their property. To avoid trouble which he thought might ensue from his possession of such wealth, he sold his patrimony and donated the proceeds to the church, the poor and the destitute, and to charitable institutions. He then applied for a position as chamber boy in a convent of a Franciscan church in Paris.