The town of San Luis was first known as Cabacsa and was established in the year 1735.  Its present name was adopted in 1761, from a certain Doña Luisa, the wife of the lawyer who defended the town in a land dispute against the town of Pinpin (now Sta. Ana).  Thus, the town was named after St. Aloysius Gonzaga, a Jesuit saint whose feastday is celebrated on June 21. 

Smallest rotary: NTRA SRA DELACOREA--POR MADOPORELREBERENDOPADRECURA DN. JOSELOPES NOBIEMBRE 15 DE 1859
Medium-sized stationary clapperless--S.JOAN AP & EVANGELISTA AÑO DE 1789
Small stationary cracked clapperless: SAN JOSE AÑO DE 1843
Biggest rotary: JUNE 1939

Note: Bell inscriptions were taken from "Pampanga and its Towns" by Mariano A. Henson.

HOW TO GET THERE

From the North Expressway, northbound from Manila, take the San Simon exit. San Luis is approximately 8 kms. from the town proper of San Simon.  Those traveling southbound from Angeles, take the San Fernando exit via Mexico. The San Luis Church is perfectly intact and is very much worth the visit.  

Preservation rating: excellent (churches with same rating - Betis)

Above: The façade of the San Luis Church; Above right: A detail from the façade; Right: Buttresses supporting the left side of the San Luis Church

Left: The choirloft; Above: The copula

Left: The main altar of the San Luis Church, with the crucifix at the center;  Below left: The ceiling mural right above the retablo of the main altar depicting the Holy Trinity;  Below: Another view of the ceiling mural of the San Luis Church with St. Aloysius Gonzaga at the top niche of the retablo of the main altar.