Marian Advocations of Castilla y León
Castilla y León, the ancient heart of the old kingdoms, keeps a very dense Marian geography: Roman cathedrals, sanctuaries of Romeria and sworn patrons centuries ago. Next to the Fuencisla de Segovia, the Peña de France or the Henar, each province honors its Lady: San Lorenzo in Valladolid, La Vega in Salamanca, the Concha in Zamora, the Market in León, Sansols in Ávila, the Miracles in Ágreda, the Street in Palencia or Pedrajas in Poza de la Sal. These are some of his claims, province to province.Valladolid
Our Lady of San Lorenzo
Patrona and Alcaldessa Perpetua de Valladolid, Gothic size of the 14th century; venerated as a protector against the Pisuerga floods, crowned in 1917.
In front of the raid, the Mother is a firm refuge of the city.
"Our Lady of St. Lawrence, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Angustias
"La Señora de Valladolid," the overwhelming size of Juan de Juni ("Virgen de los Cuchillos") in the church of the Angustias; heart of the Holy Week, crowned in 2009.
Ο In her serene pain, the Mother accompanies all sorrows.
"Our Lady of the Angustias, pray for us."
Salamanca
Santa María de la Vega
Patrona de Salamanca, a Romanesque image of the late 12th century in the Old Cathedral; its cult has been accompanying the city for over eight centuries.
Since the Vega of the Storm, the Mother is watching Salamanca.
"Santa Maria de la Vega, pray for us."
Our Lady of Castañar
A patron of Béjar, venerated in a sanctuary between chestnuts; called old against the tabs, every 8 September blesses from the lookout the Bejaran lands.
Ο Between chestnuts, the Mother blesses the fields of her people.
"Our Lady of the Castañar, pray for us.
Our Lady of Valdejimena
Baroque Sanctuary of the Land of Alba, with Romeria of Pentecost; Virgin very linked to the shepherds and to protection against anger.
"Mother of shepherds, keep the cattle and their people.
"Our Lady of Valdejimena, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Robledo
The twelfth-century Romanesque wall venerated in Sequers, overlooking the Peña de France; the remains of Simon Vela rest in his shrimp.
In the oak, the Mother is watching the Sierra de France.
"Our Lady of the Robledo, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Coast
Patrona de Miranda del Castañar, in an extramurous Gothic hermitage to which he rises by the Gate of Our Lady of the Wall.
"At the doors of the villa, the Mother awaits her own.
"Our Lady of the Cuesta, pray for us."
Virgin of the Relief
Patrona de Vitigudino, in an hermitage of medieval origin; he goes down to the village in summer and returns to his hermitage on August 15.
"Help from your people, the Mother soon comes to whom she calls.
"Our Lady of Help, pray for us."
Zamora
Virgin of the Concha
Patrona de Zamora, takes the Child Jesus tied with a silver chain; tradition says he escaped to play the trigals and the Mother takes him to his side.
"The Mother does not release the child she loves from her hand.
"Virgin of the Concha, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Hyinite
Santa María la Real venerated in La Hiniesta, very close to Zamora and the Land of the Pan; the tradition links to a finding among retamas during a real hunt.
The Mother is accompanied by the Land of the Bread.
"Our Lady of the Hyinite, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Viso
Patrona de la Tierra del Vino, in the sanctuary of the Viso de Bamba; the tradition links it to the apparition of 1260 and to the finding of Saint Ildefonso and Saint Atilano.
- From the top, the Mother is watching over the Land of Wine.
"Our Lady of the Viso, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Carballeda
Patron of the region of La Carballeda, in a sanctuary of the Sanabre Way, born to help pilgrims, guarded by the historic Faliphs' Brotherhood.
"On the left layers, the Mother crosses the pilgrim.
"Our Lady of the Carballeda, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Tuiza
Patron of the Alta Sanabria, in the Baroque sanctuary of the Tuiza; the Galician reapers offered him their hoes on their return from the harvest.
"Mother of the reapers, bless the work and the way.
"Our Lady of the Tuiza, pray for us."
Our Lady of Canto
Patrona de Toro and its alfoz, "La Dueña," medieval size in its hermitage; crowned in 1954, only comes out in procession on extraordinary occasions.
The owner and mother of Toro, watch over his city.
"Our Lady of Song, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Ancient
Fuentesauco pattern, a gothic stone size that by its weight processes in carroza; its ninth culminates on the Monday of Pentecost.
The Mother holds her villa.
"Our Lady of the Old, pray for us.
Lion
Our Lady of the Market
The "Antigua del Camino," very dear in León; canonically crowned on October 7, 2023, memory of the Virgin of the Rosary, in a temple with Romanesque roots of the 11th century.
In the day of the Rosary, Lion crowned his ancient Mother.
"Our Lady of the Market, pray for us.
Our Lady of Carrasconte
Shared Patron of Babia and Laciana, in a mountain sanctuary between the two valleys; their Romeria of August 15 opens with a night march of torches.
Ο In the line of two valleys, the Mother makes them one.
"Our Lady of Carrasconte, pray for us."
Ávila
Our Lady of Souls
Patron of Avila in a sanctuary of the Amblés valley; it is a pilgrimage tradition asking for a desire and barefoot at the door before entering before the Virgin.
"Barefoot and confident, the pilgrim reaches the heart of the Mother.
"Our Lady of Souls, pray for us."
Our Lady of Chilla
Patrona de Candeleda and the Tietar valley, venerated in a serrana hermitage of Gredos; tradition links to the miracle of a resurrected goat, and his image appears with the animal.
"Virgin of the saw, the Mother takes care of the shepherd and his flock.
"Our Lady of Chilla, pray for us."
Our Lady of La Vega
Patrona del Valle del Corneja, in its hermitage near Piedrahita; the villages of the valley go up in local Romeria after Pentecost.
"Mother of the valley," reunites its villages by the Corneja.
"Our Lady of Vega, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Thorn
Gothic Shrine of Hoyos del Espino, in Gredos, with a Romanesque size of the Virgin of the oldest of Avila.
"On the thorn, the Mother chose to stay in the saw.
"Our Lady of the Espine, pray for us."
Virgin of the Yedra
Patrona de La Adrada, in the hermitage of La Nava Park; tradition league to an image that returned to the ivy-covered place where he wanted to stay.
In the ivy, the Mother chose her house.
"Virgin of the Yedra, pray for us."
Our Lady of Valsordo
Patrona de Cebreros, in the hermitage of the Valsordo valley, once called the Victories, spends a month each August among the neighbors.
"Lady of the victories, the Mother accompanies her people.
"Our Lady of Valsordo, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Cows
An image of ancient devotion in a 15th century hermitage of Avila, crowned in 2016; its May Romeria runs through the city to the "El Gato Montés."
In the near mother, she turns to every balcony waiting for her.
"Our Lady of the Cows, pray for us.
Soria
Our Lady of Miracles
Patroness of Agrid in a great 16th century basilica; tradition makes it appear to the Miguelillo herdsman and his name evokes the many miracles that are attributed to him.
"From the miracles of the Mother lives the hope of the people.
"Our Lady of the Miracles, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Thorn
Pattern and foundational image of El Burgo de Osma, venerated in its cathedral; tradition places it on a thorn, and the seal of the lobby takes it on the castle tower.
"On the thorn, the Mother chose to stay with her people.
"Our Lady of the Espine, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Rivero
Patroness of St. Stephen of Gormaz, in a 12th century Romanesque church over the Duero; every 1 May the peoples come up with their pendons at the feast of the Concordia.
"Under the portics of the Duero, the Mother brings together the peoples.
"Our Lady of the Rivero, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Miron
Saint Mary of the Miron, in a hermit-lookout over Soria and the Duero; former patron of the city, linked to the laborers and the begging for rain.
"From the hill of the four winds, the Mother is watching for Soria.
"Our Lady of the Miron, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Plane
The twelfth-century Romanesque figure venerated in Almenar de Soria as a healer of evils; the tradition is the league to an apparition in Andava and to the Cautive of Peroniel.
In the health of their own, the Mother listens to those who invoke her with faith.
"Our Lady of the Plane, pray for us."
Our Lady of Inodejo
The medieval size of the 13th century in a sanctuary of the saw of Inodejo, the center of local Romeria; the tradition is the league to an apparition to a manco herdsman.
Ο In the storm saw, the Mother is a safe haven.
"Our Lady of Inodejo, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Source
Patrona de Zayas de Torre, in the Ribera del Duero Soriana; from its hermitage of the hill of Castro is taken in Romanesque to the Romanesque church of San Martín de Tours every 27 May, with dances and the first patronal parties of the region.
"Source of grace, the Mother prays her people of faith.
"Our Lady of the Source, pray for us.
Palence
Our Lady of the Street
Patrona de Palencia, "la Morenilla," size of the 15th century in the Church of the Company; its Feast of February 2, the Candelaria, fills the city with devotion.
The Mother lives in the middle of the street of her village.
"Our Lady of the Street, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Heather
Patrona de la Montaña Palentina, a Romanesque size of the 13th century in a sanctuary more than 1,400 m; crowned in 1961, it brings together every 21 September the largest Romany of the region.
"From the saw, the Mother congregates the whole Mountain.
"Our Lady of the Brezo, pray for us.
Burgos
Our Lady of Pedrajas
Patrona de Poza de la Sal, heart of the devotion of the Pozans for centuries; it retains valuable platetry brought from New Spain as a votive offering.
Since the Indies, the offerings of gratitude to the Mother were returned.
"Our Lady of Pedrajas, pray for us."
Our Lady the Royal and Ancient of Gamonal
14th-century Gothic church in the district of Gamonal, already documented in 1074; one of the oldest Marian devotions of Burgos.
"Royal and ancient, the Mother has been with Burgos for a thousand years.
"Our Lady the Royal and Ancient of Gamonal, pray for us.
Our Lady of the vineyards
Aranda de Duero's patron, a Gothic size of the 14th century in a hermitage of Mount Costaján; its title and legend of the untimely cluster bind it to the land of wine.
"Mother of the vineyard, bless the fruit and work of her people.
"Our Lady of the vineyards, pray for us."
Our Lady of Altamira
Patroness of Miranda de Ebro, in the church of Santa María de Altamira; his devotion is expressed in the Rosaries of the Aurora and the procession of the Holy Rosary.
"At dawn, his people pray to him the Rosary in the streets.
"Our Lady of Altamira, pray for us.
Our Lady of Bethlehem
Patrona de Belorado, in a hermitage on an old hospital of pilgrims of the Way of Santiago; he spends the winter in his sanctuary and goes up to the village in San Isidro.
In the near way, the Mother welcomes the pilgrim and the neighbor.
🙏 Our Lady of Bethlehem, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Rosary of Calerț
In Calerț, the cradle of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the Royal Monastery keeps an image of the Virgin of the Rosary, a goal of the rosarian cofradies throughout Spain.
Where Santo Domingo was born, the heart of the Rosary beats.
"Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Vine
13th-century Gothic figure in the monastery of Santa María de la Vid, next to the Duero; spiritual heart of the Ribera del Duero burgalesa.
"Mother of the vineyard, bless the land and the fruit of the Bank.
"Our Lady of the vine, pray for us."
Segovia
Our Lady of Hontanares
Riaza Sanctuary in the Ayllon saw; its rostery from Sunday following September 8, of Regional Tourist Interest, congregates the entire villa.
Ο On the top of the saw, the Mother brings her people together.
"Our Lady of Hontanares, pray for us."
Our Lady of Hornuez
Patroness of the Land of Maderuelo, in a great Baroque sanctuary of the sabinar; tradition the league to an apparition on a juniper in 1246.
"By the juniper, the Mother congregates her land.
"Our Lady of Hornuez, pray for us."
Our Lady of the Rock
Patroness of Sepúlveda and its Community of Villa and Tierra, in a 12th century Romanesque church on the Hoes of the Durathon; size of the XIII, party with dances on September 29.
"On the hoes, the Mother keeps the village and the land.
🙏 Our Lady of the Rock, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Bustar
Patrona de Carbonero el Mayor, Romanesque size of the 13th century in his hermitage by the river Pirón; honored every 8 September.
The Mother welcomes her people.
"Our Lady of the Bustar, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Lion Road
Patroness of Lion; apparition to Pastor Alvar Simon (1505). Basilica on the Way of Santiago. Party on September 29.
"Our Lady of the Road of Lion, pray for us.
Santa María la Mayor de Burgos
Patrona de Burgos y su archidiócesis; «la mayor de Castilla» (Alfonso X, 1260). Imagen del s. XV en la catedral.
"O Saint Mary the Major of Burgos, pray for us."
Canonically crowned devotions
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