and it was thanks to these actions that it was later possible to know the layout and measurements of the construction of that time. Only the well-off sectors of Cuencan society had access to these graves, their range of importance could be observed according to the place of sepulcher, the most popular area being the ayacorral, whose meaning was fenced off from the dead. Income from the factory of the Mother Church The church received income from alms and burial rights either in the ayacorrales or in the different naves of the church, these incomes were quite good to the point that only the alms on Mondays went to a fund for the construction of the Major church, all these values were considerable taking into account that from the year 1738 to 1746 there were 1,008 people who were buried inside the church, thus raising 5,327 pesos and 7 reales according to the records made by the church in the book "Primer libro de fábrica de la iglesia Matriz del Sagrario". With regard to the care and administration of the church's assets, it was a observer named de fábrica who was in charge and having this appointment was an honor, since it demanded a lot of ethics and responsibility, as demonstrated by Juan de San Juan de Bermeo in his 20 years of service, however, there were others who took advantage of profiting for themselves, as was the case of Bishop Juan Gómez de Frías from Quito in 1727. Chapel del Santísimo Along with the Major Church, construction began on a chapel attached to the west of the main building. In the 16th century, there is one of the oldest data on the history of an altar dedicated to Saint Peter that decorates this space. In the 17th century, Juan de Neira acquired a tomb, which would correspond to the crypt that is located under this chapel. The chapel was completed in 1573, under the patronage of the family of the first Lieutenant Governor, Captain Juan de Narváez. Over time, it was awarded to Ruy López until 1649, after which it would be known as the Chapel of San Pedro. By the 19th century, the chapel would begin to be used for the veneration of the Blessed Sacrament. Bishop Carrión y Marfil and his aspirations for the future of the church They began to make repairs to the church, once