Marian devotion
Our Lady of Guayente
Sanctuary of the Benasque Valley · Sahún (Huesca)
In a promontory over Sahún, in the pirenaic valley of Benasque, the shrine of Guayente keeps a Marian devotion that tradition dates back to the 11th century.
Origin and history
The sanctuary of Our Lady of Guayente is raised in a promontory over Sahún, dominating the valley of Benasque, in the Oscense Pyrenees; it is the spiritual center of the Marian devotion of the valley, today also host of social and cultural projects of the region.
The tradition places the origin of the cult in the 11th century, in the early times of the Pyrenees repopulation; a account of the field of popular piety. Its mountain environment makes the sanctuary a place of pilgrimage and contemplation.
Date of the feast and canonical coronation: they are not safely recorded in the sources.
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