Marian devotion
Mare de Déu del Collell
Sanctuary of the Garrotxa · patron of the clergy of Girona (Sant Ferriol)
In the Garrotxa, the shrine of Santa María del Collell, a former house of missions and studies, keeps the Mare de Déu del Collell, venerated as patron of the diocesan clergy of Girona.
Origin and history
The shrine of Santa María del Collell, at the end of Sant Ferriol, in the Garrotxa, was for centuries a house of missions and ecclesiastical studies, as well as a centre of Marian devotion. In it the Mare de Déu del Collell is venerated.
She is particularly venerated as a patron of the diocesan clergy of Girona, and the sanctuary is a place of aplecs and pilgrimages. The accessible sources do not collect a canonical coronation.
Date of the feast and canonical coronation: they are not safely recorded in the sources.
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