Marian Advocations of Castilla - La Mancha
Castilla - La Mancha, a land of wide horizons and deep Marian roots, venerates its patrons in cathedrals, field sanctuaries and hermitage. From Prado de Ciudad Real to the Black Virgin of the Light of Cuenca, from the Llanos of Albacete to "La Morena" of Cortes - the only regional sanctuary of the community -, passing through the Antigua of Guadalajara or Riansares of Tarancón, these are some of its claims, province to province.Royal City
Our Lady of the Meadow
Patrona de Ciudad Real, presides over her cathedral-basilica; tradition honors her as "Founder and Restaurant of the Two Castles" and renews her vote on May 25.
The Virgin is the root of her city.
"Our Lady of the Prado, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Snows
Patron of Almagro in a Baroque sanctuary raised by the Marquis of Santa Cruz - according to tradition, by Lepanto - in a volcanic area.
"White as the snow of August, the Mother is watching over her people.
🙏 Our Lady of the Snows, pray for us.
Our Lady of the vineyards
Patroness of Tomelloso and the land of wine, in the sanctuary of Pinilla; its rostery in late April is of the most multitudes of La Mancha.
"Mother of the vineyard, bless the fruit of the manchega land.
"Our Lady of the vineyards, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Cross
Patroness of Daihoney, in a 15th century sanctuary raised by the Order of Calatrava; canonically crowned in 1987.
"Mother of the Cruces, gather Daihoney at her party.
"Our Lady of the Cross, pray for us."
Our Lady of Alarms
Gothic hermitage of the historic Alarcos hill - that of the battle of 1195 -, next to the Guadiana; goal of a local Romeria in Pentecost.
Ο On the hill of history, the Mother brings her people together.
"Our Lady of Alarms, pray for us."
Our Lady of Consolation of the Abertures
Patron of Valdepeñas, born in the shrine of the Abertures, moved to the city in 1808 and crowned pontifically, receives a great offering of flowers and fruits.
In the crosses, the Mother protects city and fields.
"Our Lady of Consolation, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Ancient
Patrona de Villanueva de los Infantes, size of the 13th century in a baroque sanctuary next to the Jabalón; its "Alcaldessa Honoraria Perpetua," with Romeria on September 8.
"Ancient and ever new, the Mother governs her villa.
"Our Lady of the Old, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Sierra
Patrona de Villarrubia de los Ojos and of 18 Sanjuanista villas, in a shrine of the Sierra Calderina documented since 1201, on the Daihoney Tables.
In the mountains, the Mother is watching over eighteen villages.
"Our Lady of the Sierra, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Incarnation of Peñarroya
Venerated in a sanctuary-hospital castle next to the Guadiana; shared patron of Argamasilla de Alba and La Solana, with multi-secular romaneries to the fortress.
"From the castle of the river, the Mother joins two villages.
"Our Lady of Peñarroya, pray for us."
Toledo
Our Lady of the Valley
It stands on a hill in front of Toledo, on the edge of the Tagus; the goal of the greatest Romeria of the city, deeply rooted among the Toledans.
"From the other side of the river, the Mother contemplates her city.
🙏 Our Lady of the Valley, pray for us.
Our Lady of Charity
The patron of Illesca, venerated in the sanctuary-hospital that Cisneros founded in 1500; his altarpiece is from El Greco, and he keeps five great canvas of the cretense. Coronado in 1955.
"Mother of Charity," he teaches his people to love the one who suffers.
"Our Lady of Charity, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Nativity
Patroness of Mentrida, the "Virgin of Berciana," venerated in her hermitage of the dehesa; every April a rosemary with dancing and butlers rises to give her a guard of honor.
"Between dances and flowers, the Mother receives all her people.
"Our Lady of Nativity, pray for us."
Our Lady of the White
Patrona and "Alcaldessa Perpetua" of Consuegra, an old advocation of the knights of San Juan; his feast of September 8 opens with the Rosary of the Aurora.
"White and ancient, the Mother rules her city from the heart.
"Our Lady of the White, pray for us."
Our Lady of Valdeiron
Patrona and Mayor Perpetua of Madridejos; every 1 May his image is low in Romeria from the hermitage to the people, with mass in the open air, offering fruits, Rosario and Salve.
"Mother of the valley, bless the fruits and the way of his people.
"Our Lady of Valdeiron, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Star
"Guide and bluff" by Toledo at the gates of Bisagra, in an hermitage of 1335; crowned in 2015, the historical centre of each Trinity in its "glorious procession."
As a star at the door, the Mother lights up to those who arrive.
"Our Lady of the Star, pray for us."
Our Lady of Remedies
Ancient and excellent patron of El Toboso, the homeland of Dulcinea; his patronage, documented since 1575 and lost with deamortization, was restored in 2009.
The Mother always returns to her people.
"Blessed Virgin of the Remedies, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Peñitas
Patrona de Oropesa, tiny 15th century ceramic size of very intense devotion; crowned in 1962 and honored as the mayor and perpetual of the villa.
The Mother is great in the heart of Oropesa.
"Our Lady of the Peñitas, pray for us."
Our Lady of Mercy
Patrona de Almorox, in a baroque hermitage of the 17th century on the top of the village; its descent in procession on August 14 opens the parties, which it shares with San Roque.
"From the top of the village, the Mother comes down to embrace her own.
"Our Lady of Mercy, pray for us."
Our Lady of Grace
Patrona de Mascaraque, venerated in her hermitage of popular style; every 8 September the entire people accompany her in a very participatory procession.
"Full of grace, the Mother is the soul of her people.
"Our Lady of Grace, pray for us."
Basin
Our Lady of Light
Old Black Virgin Patroness and Mayor of honor of Cuenca, next to the Júcar; its name evokes the light of a candile that encouraged the conquest of 1177. Coronado in 1950.
In the evening, the Mother encourages her own.
"Our Lady of Light, pray for us.
Our Lady of Riansares
Patron of Tarancon, lives six months in his sanctuary by the river and six months in the village; he takes it in procession on a boat-shaped walk.
As a boat in the river, the Mother accompanies the coming and going of her people.
"Our Lady of Riansars, pray for us."
Our Lady of Tejeda
Trinitarian Sanctuary by the river Ojos de Moya, patron of Garaballa and Mira; tradition finds it on a tejo in 1205, and every seven years celebrates its itinerant "Septenary."
The Mother has been on the roof every seven years.
"Our Lady of Tejeda, pray for us.
Our Lady of Santeron
Serrana hermitage that brings together in Rome the villages of Cuenca and the Rincón de Ademez; every seven years the Virgin descends to Vallanca for a solemn septenary.
In the saw, the Mother makes many villages a family.
"Our Lady of Santeron, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Ancient of Manjavacas
Patrona de Mota del Cuervo, venerated in the hermitage of Manjavacas; famous for its "Romeria a la race," with the trails running with the image, of National Tourist Interest.
"To the race is his people, from the hand of the Mother.
"Our Lady of the Old of Manjavacas, pray for us.
Albacets
Mary Most Holy of the Llanos
Patroness of Albacete and his diocese since 1632, venerated in the cathedral; his feast of 8 September is the religious heart of the Albacete Fair.
"On the manchegos, the Mother brings her city together.
Praise Mary of the Llanos, pray for us.
Our Lady of Cortes
"La Morena" of Alcaraz, in the only regional sanctuary of Castilla-La Mancha; devotion extended by five provinces, crowned in 1922.
"Brunette and close, the Mother brings together people from many lands.
"Our Lady of Cortes, pray for us."
Our Lady of Bethlehem
Patron of Almansa, small size brought from Rome in the 16th century, in a sanctuary at the foot of the Mugron; invoked in the prayers for rain, with double rosemary each year.
"Mother of Bethlehem, bring rain to the field and peace to her people.
🙏 Our Lady of Bethlehem, pray for us.
Guadalajara
Our Lady of the Ancient
Patrona de Guadalajara in a temple of medieval origin; tradition has it by the first Marian image of the city after the Reconquist. Rated in 1930.
"The oldest devotion of the city remains his Mother.
"Our Lady of the Old, pray for us.
Our Lady of Sopetran
The ancient Benedictine monastery of the Vega del Badiel, of visigods roots; his devotion radiated throughout the Alcarria and gave rise to other sanctuaries of Sopetran.
"From the Vega, the Mother brings together the people of the Alcarria.
"Our Lady of Sopetran, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Forget, Triumph and Mercy
Invocation born of a vision attributed to Sister Patrocino in the Madrid convent of the Knight of Grace (1831); his image of the 19th century is now venerated among the Conceptionists of Guadalajara.
"The Mother who does not forget, triumphs over evil and spills mercy.
"Our Lady of the Forget, Triumph and Mercy, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Hoz
Romanesque size in a sanctuary embedded in the rock of the Hoz ravine (Alto Tajo); patron of the Vega del Gallo and the Lordship of Molina de Aragon.
In the rocks of the canyon, the Mother keeps her land.
"Our Lady of the Hoz, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Salceda
Comarcal devotion alcarña linked to the famous Franciscan convent of the Salceda (now in ruins); tradition makes it born from an apparition under a willow.
In the shadow of the willow, the Mother stayed with her people.
"Our Lady of the Salceda, pray for us.
Our Lady of Monsalud
Image of the Cistercian monastery of Monsalud, in Corcoles; venerated as a healing Virgin, invoked against the anger and the evils of the body and the soul.
▪ Health of the body and soul, the Mother cures whom she trusts.
"Our Lady of Monsalud, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Rock
Patrona de Brihuega, "Reina de la Alcarria," in the Cistercian church of Santa María de la Peña; patrona de la villa since 1445 and crowned in 1928.
The Queen of the Alcarria, sail from the rock through its villa.
🙏 Our Lady of the Rock, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Enebrals
"La Serrana," patron of Tamajón, in a 16th-century hermitage between Sabinas with the Opejón at the bottom; devotion of all the Sierra Norte de Guadalajara.
The Mother is the soul of the saw.
"Our Lady of the Enebrals, pray for us.
Our Lady of Madroñal
The main title of Auñón, in a baroque hermitage of the 17th century on the Tagus; every 30 April the people dedicate the song of the "Mayos."
Ο On the nights of May, the people sing to their Mother.
"Our Lady of Madroñal, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Sagrarian of Toledo
Patroness of Toledo and of the prized archdiocese; silver-coated Romanesque size in the Primate Cathedral. Party on August 15.
"Our Lady of the Sagrarian of Toledo, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Queen's Talavera Prado
Patrona de Talavera; su basílica (1989) es «la Capilla Sixtina de la cerámica». Tradición que la liga al rey Liuva (s. VII).
"Our Lady of the Queen's Talavera Prado, pray for us.
Our Lady of Consolation of Valdepeñas
Patrona de Valdepeñas «de las Aberturas»; coronada en 2019. Se le ofrece el primer mosto en las Fiestas de la Vendimia.
- Our Lady of Consolation of Valdepeñas, pray for us.
Our Lady of Grace of Puertollano
Patroness of Puertollano; his big day is September 8. It is also venerated to the Virgin of Soledad (co-fradia of the 16th century).
"Our Lady of Grace of Puertollano, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Alcázar of San Juan
Patrona and Mayor Perpetua de Alcázar de San Juan; coronada image. You party the first weekend of October.
"Our Lady of the Rosary of Alcázar of St. John, pray for us.
Our Lady of Altagracia of Manzanares
Patron of Manzanares from its foundation, by devotion of the Vizcados captains. Party on December 8.
"Our Lady of Altagracia of Manzanares, pray for us.
Our Lady of Charity of Villarrobledo
Patrona de Villarrobledo since 1773; crowned in 1988 with 30,000 people. 15th century sanctuary.
"Our Lady of Charity of Villarrobledo, pray for us.
Our Lady of Remedies of La Roda
Patrona de La Roda (shared with Fuensanta); Romeria de la traida in mid-May.
"Our Lady of the Remedies of La Roda, pray for us.
Our Lady of Grace of Causete
Patron of Causdete; Baroque sanctuary (1741-58). Party on September 8.
"Our Lady of Grace of Cause, pray for us.
Our Lady the Greater of Sigüenza
Main pattern of Sigüenza; Romanesque image of cypress brought around 1124. August 11-19 party.
🙏 Our Lady of Sigüenza, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Ocean Remedies
Patron saint of Ocaña; canonically crowned on June 11, 1961.
🙏 Our Lady of Remedies of Ocaña, pray for us.
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