Virgin of Llosar

Advocación mariana de Vilafranca del Maestrat (Comunitat Valenciana)

Gothic image of white alabaster of about 40 cm, representing the Virgin with the Child. The legend of the finding (14th century) tells that a ploughing peasant noticed that his oxen stopped and bowed his head; the plow's plow ran into a slab under which the image was. The first hermitage dates back to the mid-14th century; in 1445 the painter Valentí Montoliu executed an altarpiece today preserved in the city hall. The current building was reconstructed between 1663 and 1683. The image was damaged in 1936 and restored by the sculptor Pascual Amorós de Vila-real.

Main data

Origin and history

Gothic image of white alabaster of about 40 cm, representing the Virgin with the Child. The legend of the finding (14th century) tells that a ploughing peasant noticed that his oxen stopped and bowed his head; the plow's plow ran into a slab under which the image was. The first hermitage dates back to the mid-14th century; in 1445 the painter Valentí Montoliu executed an altarpiece today preserved in the city hall. The current building was reconstructed between 1663 and 1683. The image was damaged in 1936 and restored by the sculptor Pascual Amorós de Vila-real.

The image and the sanctuary

Hermitage of the Virgin of Llosar, on the outskirts of Vilafranca del Maestrat (region of Els Ports, Castellón). Good Local Relevance.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patrona de Vilafranca del Maestrat. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

8 September (main); Easter of Llosar (eighth Monday of Pentecost).

Link to the Rosary

In the sources consulted there is no specific link of this advocation to the Rosary.