Santuario del Santo Hermano Pedro
This sanctuary is devoted to Saint Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur, the first Canary Islands saint—and it sits on the exact ground tied to his life story in Vilaflor. The temple was begun as a new construction after his native house was no longer preserved; in 1776, a branch of the Bethlehemites arrived to build a church in the same place as his birthplace. Political reforms in 19th-century Spain then stalled the project, leaving the early effort unfinished. Work restarted with the arrival of the Sisters Bethlehemites in 1981, and it was completed and inaugurated on April 28th, 2002. The sanctuary was blessed by the Bishop of the Diocese of Tenerife, Felipe Fernández García. Inside, it is anchored by a relic: a vertebra of St. Peter de Betancur, paired with the same bell he used to summon the faithful. The sanctuary’s central altarpiece relief portrays the Nativity in Bethlehem, reflecting the Bethlehemites’ spirituality. …
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