Marian devotion
Mare de Déu de l’Ermitana
Patrona de Peñíscola (Castellón)
In the walled city of Peñíscola, next to the castle of the Pope Luna, venerates the Mare de Déu de l'Ermitana, patron of the city, in its church of the old town.
Origin and history
The Mare de Déu de l'Ermitana is the patron of Peñíscola, venerated in its church of the historic walled town, next to the famous castle of Pope Luna. His name evokes the "hermitage" that the ancient hermitage was looking after.
His devotion is the center of the religious life of the city, with well-established patrons. The accessible sources do not detail a precise chronology of the origin of the cult or a canonical coronation.
Date of the festival, documented origin and canonical coronation: these are not reliably stated in the sources.
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