Since buying the freedom of slave children cost 50 pesos if the child had been baptized, and 25 pesos if the child had not, Betances, Basora, Segundo Ruiz Belvis and other members of the society waited next to the baptismal font on Sundays, expecting a master to take a slave family to baptize their child. The two men would buy slave children and who were then redeemed and emancipated the moment of receiving this sacrament.
The event, which was known as "aguas de libertad" (waters of liberty), was carried out at the Cathedrals baptismal font. In the 19th century Segundo Ruiz Belvis and Ramón Emeterio Betances, both members of "The Secret Abolitionist Society" founded by Betances, baptized and emancipated thousands of black slave children in the church. Waters of liberty Ĭathedral as seen in 2005 after renovations The remodeled cathedral was reopened on January 1, 2004, and counted with the participation of representatives of the Vatican. Among the remains discovered in the crypts were those of some of the founders of Mayagüez Don Faustino Martínez y Don Lorenzo Martínez Matos. The remodeling was also delayed after crypts were discovered. It was originally planned to take one year yet, the construction was delayed after changes in the plans because of the existing deteriorated condition of the roof. The remodeling had a cost of $3,5 million and took approximately two years to complete. The architect for the remodeling was Carlos Juan Ralat. Ulises Casiano Vargas (who assumed the bishop's office on April 30, 1976), led the drive for the cathedral's remodeling following Perocier's original plan, including its two towers. A few years later, the first bishop of the city, Mons. Pope Paul VI authorized the founding of the Diocese of Mayagüez on April 1, 1976, which led to the re-dedication of the church as a cathedral soon after. The reconstruction was due to architect Don Luís f. The previous plans, contained three doors with pointed arches and a fourth Gothic arch on the portico. The church that was built departs only in its details and elements of the first plans of Mr Perocier, nevertheless they retained similar aesthetics. It was later resolved to build a second church architect Don Luís Perocier was asked to create the plans these were not fully accepted (1920). The remnant of the towers were demolished using dynamite. The San Fermín earthquake on October 11, 1918, destroyed one of its towers and seriously affected the other, leaving what was left of the towers decimated. On November 10, 1900, Jose de Diego held his wedding ceremony at the church.
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Then in 1870, a full restoration of the building was performed. In 1854, a lightning-bolt struck and tore down a wedge-shaped corner of one of its right towers. On August 29, 1825, Doña Ama Mariana Bracetti Cuebas was baptized at the church and on April 12, 1839, Don Eugenio María de Hostos was also baptized there. Its architect was Vicente Piera and the approved drawings date back to 1833. At the top of its frontispiece stood a great strait-flat pediment, mounted on six semi-pilastras and a narrow and long frieze. The first Church in masonry presented a more classical line than the present architectural one. The plot was consecrated on August 21, 1760, and the first masonry building erected in 1780. The land was donated by Don Juan de Aponte and Don Juan de Silva deed dated 1760 in San Germán. The first Church at the current site was made of wood and was built in 1763, only three years after the founding of the city. Church after the 1918 San Fermín earthquake
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