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Our Lady of Grace

Marian Invocation of Chinchón (Community of Madrid)

Patrona de Chinchón, whose Church of Santa Maria de Gracia is the oldest in the villa (documented before 1534). The French troops set it on fire on 29 August 1808. The image was returned and its parties are held on August 15.

Main data

Place: Chinchón (Community of Madrid, Spain)
Party: August 15

Origin and history

Patrona de Chinchón, whose Church of Santa Maria de Gracia is the oldest in the villa (documented before 1534). The French troops set it on fire on 29 August 1808. The image was returned and its parties are held on August 15.

The image and the sanctuary

Image venerated in the parish or main hermitage of Chinchón, in the region of Vegas del Tajo (Community of Madrid).

Sponsorship and coronation

Chinchon's boss. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

August 15.

Link to the Rosary

The sources consulted do not show a specific or unique link between this devotion and the Rosary.

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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