[1] On September 30, 1616, during a battle against a Dutch force, the statue was discovered by Don Diego Quiñones at Fuerte San Pedro (Fort San Pedro).

The event coincided with the defenders’ eventual victory after three days of fighting.

After the conflict, they organized a procession to carry the statue into the chapel within the fortress.

Over the past three centuries, devotion to the statue grew, and many people from Panay and Negros began to visit and pay homage to the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary.

The original statue was canonically crowned on October 11, 1970, by His Eminence, Julio Cardinal Rosales.