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Sanctuary of the Santo Hermano Pedro

Sanctuary of the Santo Hermano Pedro, Catholic sanctuary in Vilaflor, Spain

The Sanctuary of the Santo Hermano Pedro is a stone church building with a single aisle and an altar containing a vertebra relic of Saint Peter de Betancur. The chapel combines architectural simplicity with religious devotion in a compact space.

Construction began in 1776, when the male branch of the Bethlehemites arrived at the exact spot of Saint Peter de Betancur's birthplace, whose house had not survived. Nineteenth-century political reforms in Spain left the temple unfinished. The Sisters Bethlehemites arrived in 1981, work resumed in 1991, and the sanctuary was completed on 28 April 2002, blessed by Bishop Felipe Fernández García of Tenerife.

The sanctuary displays a high relief depicting the Nativity of Jesus in Bethlehem, representing core elements of Bethlehemite spirituality. Visitors encounter this spiritual connection to the tradition in a direct and tangible way.

The sanctuary stands directly behind the Parish Church of Saint Peter the Apostle in the centre of Vilaflor, reached on foot through the village's narrow streets. It is an active place of worship run by the Bethlehemite Sisters, so visitors should dress modestly and keep quiet during services. The Camino del Hermano Pedro, the pastoral route the saint walked with his flock, starts from the parish church and draws hundreds of pilgrims each April.

The bell kept here is the one Peter of Betancur used to call the faithful; the sources do not date it, so its age is not stated. The sanctuary also holds a vertebra relic of the saint. It is one of three major pilgrimage shrines to him, with the Cave of the Saint near El Médano and the Church of San Francisco el Grande in Antigua Guatemala, where his tomb is.

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