1. SAN NICOLAS TOLENTINO (MACABEBE) Feast September 10; St. Nicholas of Tolentine healed the sick by distributing biscuits (hence, the san nicolas biscuits). His iconography includes a bird on a dish, referring to a legend in which a dying partridge (pugo) was restored to life after feeding on his platter. The saint's life story was the basis of Macabebe priest Fr. Felipe Tallada's book, the first Kapampangan book ever, printed by the Augustinian Press in 1614. 
Spaniards founded town in 1575 based on an ancient settlement, so named due either to the proliferation of "cabibi" (oysters) or to its location on the riverbanks.

2. SANTA  ANA  (STA. ANA) Feast July 26; St. Anne gave birth to Mary at an advanced age after husband Joachim fasted 40 days in the desert, and after an angel assured the couple of a child. St. Anne is often depicted teaching a very young Mary. Attributes: Open book, lilies. Patron of pregnant women.
Town founded 1759 based on an ancient settlement called Pinpin.

3. NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PILAR (SAN SIMON) Feast October 12; Virgen del Pilar's patronage was chosen to honor the town founder, Mariano del Pilar de los Reyes. According to legend, it was to a tired apostle, St. James, that our Lady appeared on top of a pillar.
Del Pilar town founded 1766, renamed San Simon in 1771 to honor Gov. Gen. Simon de Anda y Salazar.

4. NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO DE LA NAVAL (ANGELES) Feast October 7; town fiesta 2nd Sunday of October; Based on the 1593 ivory statue of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary commissioned by Gov. Dasmariñas to celebrate the miraculous Spanish naval victory over the Dutch. The original image, now at Sto. Domingo Church, was sculpted by a Chinese carver who converted to the faith upon finishing the santo. She is shown arrayed as a royal lady of the court of the Felipes, holding the Child Jesus, a scepter and a rosary.
This former barrio of San Fernando, called Kuliat, was founded as a town in 1829 and named after its founder, Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda as well as after the town's titular patrons, Los Santos Angeles Custodios (Holy Guardian Angels); became a chartered city in 1964.

5. SANTO CRISTO DEL PERDON
The image of the Crucified Christ follows that of the Virgen de los Remedios in its parish visits all over the province.  The practice began after the Cruzada de  Caridad y Buena Voluntad became Cruzada de Caridad y Penitencia to emphasize the sacrament of penitence.  The location of the image in the retablo establishes the supremacy of Christ among the saints.

6. NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA (MABALACAT) Feast June 9; town fiesta February 2; Augustinians had an early devotion to Our Lady of Grace; Guadalupe in Makati was also dedicated to her. The image of the Virgin with the Child Jesus on her lap was enshrined during the term of Fr. Felipe Roque, who was inspired by a similar statue venerated at Porta Angelica, Rome and at San Giovanni Rotonda in Foggia, Italy.
This former barrio of Bamban was founded as a town in 1712, so named due to the proliferation of balacat trees.

7. LA PURISIMA (GUAGUA) Feast December 8; The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception-of Mary "conceived without sin"-- was instituted as a dogma by the Catholic Church only in 1854, although devotion was widespread much earlier. La Purisima is depicted as a young woman with clasped hands, flowing hair and a blue cloak, a popular iconography established by Spanish painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
Town founded 1590 from ancient settlement called Wawa (river's mouth).

8. SANTO TOMAS APOSTOL (STO. TOMAS) Feast July 3; town fiesta Easter Sunday; "Doubting Thomas" is portrayed in this rare tableau as kneeling before the Risen Christ, an outstretched hand ready to feel His wounds, in reference to his refusal to believe in the Resurrection. Other emblems: T-Square, spear. Patron of architects and builders.
Town founded 1773 from an older settlement called Baliwag.
 
9. SAN LUIS GONZAGA (SAN LUIS) Feast June 21; The patron was chosen by Dna. Luisa, wife of the counsel who defended a case involving a piece of land claimed by nearby Sta. Ana town. St. Aloysius Gonzaga's early years were spent at the courts of Tuscany, Mantua and Spain. Noted for his piety, he became a Jesuit novice at age 17. Consistently depicted with a prominent nose, receding hair. Attributes: Cross, lily, skull. Patron of youth and purity.
Town founded 1735 from an ancient settlement called Cabagsac, short for "bagsacan cabag" (proliferation of fruit bats).

10. SAN ANDRES APOSTOL (CANDABA) Feast November 30; The first of Jesus' apostles was a fisherman of Bethsaida in Galilee. St. Andrew was martyred by being bound to an X-shaped cross in Greece. Other emblems: Fish, fishing net. He is also the patron of Russia and Scotland.
Town founded 1575 from an already prosperous settlement called Candawe.

11. SANTA LUCIA (SASMUAN) Feast December 13; St. Lucy was a virgin-martyr who had her eyes plucked out to make herself unattractive to a persistent suitor. It is likely that her name, which means light (from Latin "lux"), inspired the attribute of the eyes on a platter. The small folksy image has been "venerated since long ago," according to chronicler Gaspar de San Agustin.  Devotees to this day dance the kuraldal around the image on January 6.  Invoked against blindness, ailments of the eye.
Town founded 1590 from an ancient settlement; name derived from ancient word "sasmo" (to assemble); hispanized into Sexmoan at one time

12. SAN JOSE TALAPAGOBRA (FLORIDABLANCA) Feast May 1; St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus, was a carpenter by trade. In art, he is shown old and bearded, together with the Child Jesus. The inclusion of carpenter's tools in his iconography began in Northern Europe. Other attributes: a flowering pilgrim staff. Patron of fathers, workers, families and a happy death.
Town founded 1879, named after Jose Moñino, Count of Floridablanca, Spain who is said to have visited the place.

13. VIRGEN DE LOS REMEDIOS/ INDU NING CAPALDANAN, PATRONESS OF PAMPANGA PROVINCE Feast September 8; The original image was housed in the church of Baliti, San Fernando. The image was used in parish visits, under the Cruzada de Caridad y Buena Voluntad (Crusade of Charity and Goodwill), a movement founded by then Bishop of San Fernando, Cesar Ma. Guerrero D.D. to unite under one faith the Kapampangan people who were being threatened by the divisive elements of socialism.  Starting 1956, another image of Virgen de los Remedios was used in parish visits; today, two identical images visit the northern and southern towns respectively; a third image is used for the annual canonical coronation; the original stays in Baliti. 
The province was founded December 11, 1571, the first Luzon province under Spain, although the area had been settled and organized since prehistoric times.

14. SANTIAGO DE GALICIA (BETIS) Feast July 25; town fiesta December 30; St. James the Greater, brother of John, son of Zebedee, was a Galilean fisherman with Peter and Andrew. The most important saint of Spain was an apostle, pilgrim and also soldier. He appeared clad in armor in the battle of Clavijo against the Moors in 834 AD, rallying Spaniards to victory. In colonial art, he is shown astride a white horse, trampling down Moors.
Town founded 1572 from an already prosperous community, named after the betis tree; became a barrio of Guagua in 1904

15. SANTA CATALINA DE ALEXANDRIA (ARAYAT, PORAC) Feast November 25; Royal-born Catherine spurned Emperor Maxentius in favor of her "mystic marriage" to Christ. The spiked wheel in which she was sentenced to die was broken apart by thunderbolt. She was then beheaded and angels carried her body to Mt. Sinai. In this representation, it is Maxentius who is shown beheaded, inspired by European iconography that shows the emperor being trampled underfoot. Emblems: Executioner's sword, crown, spiked wheels. Patron of young girls, philosophers, spinners, nurses.
Arayat town, from the word "dayat" (irrigated ricelands) was founded 1590 from an ancient settlement called Balayan ning Pambuit; Porac town, named after the purac tree, was founded in 1594, moved to present site in 1867.

16. SAN BARTOLOME APOSTOL (MAGALANG) Feast August 24; Preached in Asia Minor, northern India and martyred in Armenia where he was flayed alive and then beheaded-the basis for his patronage of tanners. A local knife called sangbartolome is named after him.
Town founded 1605 from an ancient settlement called Macapsa; transferred to its present site in 1863 due to a great flood; known as "balen a melacuan" after Concepcion was transferred farther north across the Parua River.

17. SANTA RITA DE CASIA (STA. RITA) Feast May 22; Sta. Rita spent 18 years of her life living in terror with a wayward husband. Reformed, he was killed in a vendetta that made their 2 sons vow to avenge him. They took ill before this purpose could be accomplished. Sta. Rita became a nun and received the wound of Christ on her forehead in 1441, as though she had been wearing a crown of thorns. Emblems: Skull, crucifix. Patron of desperate causes, problem marriages.
Town founded 1726; previously integrated with Porac and known as Santa Rita de Lele due to its proximity to the better known town of Bacolor.

18. SAN PEDRO APOSTOL (APALIT) Feast June 27-30; Simon was Christ's most prominent disciple. Later, in his ministry, Jesus renamed him Peter (Cephos), meaning "rock," as he would be the rock upon which the Church was built. Venerated as doorkeeper to heaven. The century-old ivory "Apo Iro" is shown seated and dressed in his papal robes with a cock by his side, in reference to his denying Christ 3 times, signaled by the crowing of a cock. Emblems: Keys, book. Patron of the papacy, invoked for long life.
Town founded 1705 from an ancient settlement; initially administered with Calumpit; derived its name from apalit tree, a variant of narra. 

19. SANTA MONICA (MEXICO, MINALIN) Feast August 27; Mexico town fiesta May 4; Minalin town fiesta 2nd Sunday of May; Mother of St. Augustine, born in Tagaste, North Africa. The strength of her faith converted her pagan husband and influenced St. Augustine's decision to become a Christian. Attributes: Girdle, tears, handkerchief. Patron of wives and mothers.
Mexico town founded 1581 from an ancient settlement called Masicu (abundance of water); Minalin town founded 1683; name derived from "minalis" (transferred) after town was relocated from a flooded area.

20. SAN MIGUEL DE ARCANGEL (MASANTOL) Feast September 29; town fiesta May 8; Described in the Book of Revelations as the leader of the victorious heavenly armies against Satan. St. Michael is represented as trampling a dragon or devil underfoot. This unchanging iconography has been in existence since the 15 th c.  His role as an angel who receives souls and weighs them in the balance makes him the patron of grocers. Other attributes: Sword, shield. Also invoked by the military, security personnel.
This former barrio of  Macabebe was founded as a town in 1877, so named due to the proliferation of either the santol trees or the santol fruits as traded in the river network.

21. SAN AGUSTIN (LUBAO) Feast August 28; town fiesta 1st Sunday of May
Founder of the Augustinian Order, Bishop of Hippo. Writer of the classics "Confessions" and "City of God". Early in life, he lived openly with a mistress and was attracted to a heretical doctrine, until he was converted through the prayers of his mother St. Monica. It is to be expected that the Augustinians would name the first mission in Pampanga after their founder.  Emblems: Pastoral staff, church (in reference to his being a Doctor of the Church), heart of fire. Patron of theologians.
Town founded 1572, the earliest in the province, from an ancient settlement called Baba Lubao; name derived from "tubao" (or gatao), meaning to float, as the area is prone to flooding.

22. SAN FERNANDO REY (SAN FERNANDO) Feast May 30; Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon was a warrior king at age 19. He was well connected to Europe's ruling families-St. Louis of France was a cousin. Best remembered for his victories over the Moors and for his technical and military skills that are the basis of his patronage of engineers. Attributes: Crown, greyhound. Also patron of rulers, governors, prisoners and magistrates
Town founded 1754; became capital of Pampanga in 1904 and a component city in 2001.

23. SAN GUILLERMO ERMITAÑO (BACOLOR) Feast February 10; La Naval fiesta 3rd Sunday of November; Lived as a hermit in Maleval, Tuscany. His followers formed the Order of Williamites after his death, eventually absorbed into the Augustinian Order. He is represented in art as resisting the devil's temptation to leave his penitential ways
Town founded  in 1576 by Don Guillermo Manabat-hence the choice of patron saint; became the capital of the Philippines in 1762-1764 when Gov. Gen. Simon de Anda transferred seat of government during the British Occupation of Manila; the celebration of La Naval is rooted in the Kapampangans' role in defeating the Dutch invasion in 1646. 

(The artwork on the base of the retablo depicts local harvest-rice, sugarcane, bananas, watermelon, ampalaya vines, papaya, catfish, mudfish, goose, duck, chicken-carved, handpainted, sandpapered and then coated with mud to achieve the desired effect.)

Conceptualized by Ivan Anthony Henares and Robby Tantingco; Completed November 15, 2002 under the administration of Bernadette M. Nepomuceno; blessed December 19, 2002 by His Excellency, Most Rev. Paciano B. Aniceto, D.D., Archbishop of San Fernando. Design and Supervision:  Robert P. Tantingco; Carving (santo):  Gener Bautista Religious Arts (Macabebe); Carving (retablo):  Carlitoe V. Bungay (Betis); Goldleafing and Varnishing:  Romeo B. Flores (Betis); Iconography Consultants:  Alex R. Castro, Arwin A. Lingat; Writer:  Alex R. Castro; Carpentry: Romulo M. Bautista, Ernesto Dueñas, Marlon Samia, Ernesto Tacliad; Electrical Installation:  Antonio Cunan; Painting (retablo base) :  Michael Vilaga, Laniedes Casulla, Ma. Jhesusa Melo, Cherryl Dinio, Jaymor Lacuesta, Ivy Malonzo and Arnel Garcia of ABSTRAK (HAU students)