Marian devotion
Our Lady of Peace
Middle Collado Pattern
Co-patron of Collado Mediano with San Ildefonso, bishop of Toledo. The two devotions are held jointly at the Middle Collado Patronal Festivals, which take place in the last week of January. The apvocation of Peace has an ingrained presence in the Guadarrama mountains, where several Syrian municipalities maintain an intense popular devotion to this Marian apvocation.
Main data
Origin and history
Co-patron of Collado Mediano with San Ildefonso, bishop of Toledo. The two devotions are held jointly at the Middle Collado Patronal Festivals, which take place in the last week of January. The apvocation of Peace has an ingrained presence in the Guadarrama mountains, where several Syrian municipalities maintain an intense popular devotion to this Marian apvocation.
The image and the sanctuary
The image is venerated in the parish of Collado Mediano. The parish temple retains visible-Roman remains and an ancient sarcophagus; the Mudejar artisan from the cruise dates back to the 16th century.
Sponsorship and coronation
Collado Mediano's co-patron. No canonical coronation.
Party and devotion
January 24. The winter patron parties last four days (from 23 to 26 January), with solemn mass and procession on 24, in which the images of Our Lady of Peace and San Ildefonso travel the streets of the municipality.
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.
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