Marian devotion

Mare de Déu de Sales de Sweden

Marian Advocation of Sweden (Valencia Community)
Recognized by the Church

La Mare de Déu de Sales (Nuestra Señora de Sales) es la patrona de Sueca (Valencia), en La Ribera Baixa. Es una de las «Mare de Déu trobades» (vírgenes halladas): según la tradición, la encontró un labrador llamado Andrés Sales el 14 de febrero de 1361.

Main data

Place: Swedish (Comunidad Valenciana, Spain)
Party: September 8

Origin and history

La Mare de Déu de Sales (Nuestra Señora de Sales) es la patrona de Sueca (Valencia), en La Ribera Baixa. Es una de las «Mare de Déu trobades» (vírgenes halladas): según la tradición, la encontró un labrador llamado Andrés Sales el 14 de febrero de 1361.

The image and the sanctuary

It is venerated in the parish of the Mare de Déu de Sales of Sweden.

Sponsorship and coronation

Swedish Patron. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

His feast is held on September 8, Nativity of the Virgin. Devotion is a sign of the city's identity.

Link to the Rosary

Like the image found in the field, the Rosary is discovering Mary hidden in everyday life: in work, on earth, in every Avemaria sown with faith.

A flower for the Virgin

It offers a simple prayer to this advocation. Pray a Hail Mary for Spain and for the peace of the world.

Pray Hail Mary
Sources: tradition of the sanctuary, diocesan information and Wikipedia in Spanish. The distinction between popular piety and documented ecclesial history is specific to this fact sheet; extraordinary accounts are presented as devotion and not as doctrinal pronunciation.

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