Immaculate Conception of La Línea de la Concepción

Marian title of La Línea de la Concepción (Andalusia)
Recognized by the Church

The Immaculate Conception is the patron saint of La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz), a city in the Campo de Gibraltar region that has the Conception in its own name.

Main data

Origin and history

The Immaculate Conception is the patron saint of La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz), a city in the Campo de Gibraltar region that has the Conception in its own name.

The image and the sanctuary

She is venerated in La Línea de la Concepción, which has had her as Perpetual Mayoress since 2013.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patron saint of La Línea since 1925; her patronage has now reached a century.

Party and devotion

Her feast day is December 8th, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Devotion to her is a defining characteristic of the town.

Link to the Rosary

Mary conceived without sin gives her name to this city; each Hail Mary of the Rosary greets in it the "full of grace", dawn of salvation.