San Vitores Martyrdom Site Explained

San Vitores Martyrdom Site
Location:0.7 miles south of Bijia Point off Rte. 4, Tamuning, Guam
Coordinates:13.5164°N 144.8058°W
Added:October 31, 1975
Refnum:75002154

The San Vitores Martyrdom Site, located 0.7 miles south of Bijia Point off Guam Highway 4 in Tamuning, Guam, has significance from 1672. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

It is an important site in marking where Father Diego Luis de San Vitores was killed, and for association with the Spanish-Chamorro Wars against the imposition of Catholic Christianity in Guam. At the time of NRHP listing, the site was marked by a wooden cross and by a historical plaque placed there in 1940.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=75002154}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: San Vitores Martyrdom Site ]. Stephen F. Lander . October 1975 . National Park Service. and