"Jesuits In The Philippines (1581–1768)" Page 132 "In 1591 there arrived in Manila a secular priest named Juan Fernandez de Leon. He had led a hermit's life in Mexico and planned to continue it in the Philippines. For this purpose he built himself a retreat near a wayside shrine just outside the city walls which was dedicated to Our Lady of Guidance, Nuestra Sehora de Guia. His hermitage later gave its name to the entire district, which is called Ermita to this day."
Blair, Emma Helen; Robertson, James Alexander, eds. (1906). The Philippine Islands, 1493–1803. Vol. 5: 1582–1583. Arthur H. Clark Company. p. 83.
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