The Basilica Minore de Sto. Nino in Cebu has its origin in 1565 with thearrival of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and father Andres Urdaneta. It was set up as a provisional nipa chapel. The first catholic chapel to built in the Philippines. The present buildings where started in 1735 and finished in 1740 are fine example of the soft baroque style of architecture.

The church houses the image of the Sto Nino, a gift of Magellan to Queen Juana of Cebu upon her conversion to Christianity together with five hundred of her subjects. During Legazpi's assault on the settlement of Cebu in 1565, one of his soldiers, Juan Camus, found this wooden image while searching the houses. The image was enthroned in the church under the care of the Augustinians. In 1965, during the fourth centennial celebration of the christianization of the Philippines, the San Augustin church was conferred the title of Basilica Minore by Hildebrando Antoniutti, papal legate to the Philippines.