Our Lady of Darbo

Santuario de Cangas do Morrazo (Pontevedra)

In Cangas do Morrazo, the Baroque shrine of Santa Maria de Darbo guards the Virgin of Darbo, honored every 8 September with a rosemary in which the ancient "Dance of Darbo" is executed.

Origin and history

The church - the sanctuary of Santa Maria de Darbo is a baroque temple of the 17th and 18th centuries, in granite, with a certain colonial influence, integrated in the so-called "monumental set of Darbo" - sanctuary, cruises and fountain dedicated to the Virgin - which shows a stable Marian cult at least since the Baroque era.

The most characteristic devotional feature is the Traditional Romeria of Nosa Señora de Darbo, on 8 September, in which the "famous Danza de Darbo" is executed, ancestral dance before the Virgin; with procession, cruising and fountain, it is a focus of popular religiosity very rooted in the region of Cangas.

Formal patronage and canonical coronation: not found in the sources.