The image was first enshrined in the Church of San Juan Bautista of the Augustinian Recollects in Bagumbayan, Luneta; the area of the church first demolished in 1644 then finally destroyed during the 1762 British occupation of Manila is now part of the cascade of Padre Burgos Avenue and Maria Orosa Avenue. In 1608, the image was transferred to the Church of San Nicolás de Tolentino (popularly known as the "Recoletos Church") inside Intramuros. It was enshrined in the "retablo mayor" or high altar of the church until both the church and the image perished in the bombardment of Manila during its liberation in 1945.