The marker does not bear the National Historical Commission's Mark.
Marker in marble reads:
The construction of this beautiful Baroque Rococo Church was begun in 1734 - a year after the parish was established by the Augustinian Order and was completed in 1788.
On the Bicentenary of her completion specifically from September 29 1987 until September 29, 1988 the feastday of St. Michael the Archangel, Patron Saint of Argao, the Argawanons, thru the Argao Parish Bicentenary Commission headed by Hilario C. Davide, Jr., restored her and her premises to their original beauty and grandeur - in gratitude to their forebears who built her. In thanksgiving to God for the countless blessings he showered and continues to shower upon them. As an expression of the constancy of their love for Our Lady and their devotion to their Patron Saint and Protector, and as their spiritual gift to the generations yet to come.
The feastday was fittingly climaxed by a pontifical Mass with His Eminence Ricardo D. Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu as the Main Celebrant.
Installed this 29th day of September in the year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight.
St. Michael the Archangel Church in Argao is beautiful. It is something that the Argawanons can be really proud of. I appreciate their love for the Church. I'm sure the restoration of their Parish Church cost them a lot but their generosity is indeed remarkable. The result is a fitting legacy and living testimony of your fervor.
A story of how they happened to make "torta", a local delicacy made of flour, eggs and sugar have been faithfully circulated. They said they've been using the egg whites for the construction of the church walls, putting stone upon stone using egg whites as adhesive. And what with the eggyolks? They started using them to make torta. It's a folk story, so we can no longer trace the original author. Thanks to people who have been retelling this story,
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