Location: Intramuros, Manila
Category: Sites/Events, Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Site, Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: Unknown
Marker text:
SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE
FORMER SITE OF SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE, FOUNDED IN 1591 BY ORDER OF PHILIP II DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR GOMEZ PEREZ DASMARIÑAS FOR THE SUPPORT AND EDUCATION OF ORPHAN GIRLS. IT WAS FINANCED BY THE STATE AND BY THE HERMANDAD DE LA MISERICORDIA. THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645 DAMAGED THE BUILDING AND CAUSED THE DEATH OF SEVERAL INMATES. THE BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF MANILA IN 1762 COMPLETED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COLLEGE, SO ITS PENSIONERS WERE TRANSFERRED TO SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE WITH THE CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY STATE SUPPORT STOPPED AND SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE PASSED OUT OF EXISTENCE.
