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SUPERBE SOLUS ET SUPERIOR

SUPERBE SOLUS ET SUPERIOR
Coat of Arms of Kristian Harvey Lumba

Valenzuela City, Metro Manila

Valenzuela City In  Spanish ,  Valenzuela  is a  diminutive form  of  Valencia  which means "little Valencia". Before 1960, Valenzuela was formerly known as Polo. [14]  The name  Polo  was derived from the  Tagalog  term  pulĂ´ , which means "island" or "islet", although the area was not an island itself. The town of Polo was entirely surrounded by the rivers, thus, creating an impression of itself being an island. During the Spanish era, present-day Valenzuela,  Obando  and  Novaliches  (now in  Quezon City ) were parts of  Bulacan . When Manila became an archdiocese in 1595, regular friars who had already established permanent churches in Catanghalan, Bulacan (now  Meycauayan ) decided that the  sitio  of Polo be separated from the town and have its own church to cater its increasing spiritual needs. A new pueblo was carved out of the northwestern area of Polo on May 14, 1753, ...