Marian devotion
Mare de Déu de Bellvitge
Ermita de L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona)
In the heart of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, the ancient hermitage of Santa Maria de Bellvitge has a deep-rooted Marian devotion, now surrounded by city.
Origin and history
The Mare de Déu de Bellvitge is venerated in the hermitage of Santa María de Bellvitge, an old temple declared well cultural of local interest, now integrated in the Parc de Bellvitge, in the middle of the urban plot of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
His devotion, of deep arraigo, gives name even to a great neighborhood of the city. The accessible sources do not accurately specify the date of the party or a canonical coronation.
Date of the party, formal patronage and canonical coronation: they are not safely recorded in the sources.
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