Our Lady of Solitude

Marian Invocation of Arganda del Rey (Community of Madrid)

Patrona de Arganda del Rey, whose early size of the 16th century was attributed to the sculptor Gaspar Becerra. French troops burned the original image and its hermitage in the War of Independence. The neighbors commissioned a new size to José Ginés Marín in 1810 (three thousand reais). During the Civil War, the neighbors secretly moved her to the local castle to protect her. His festive record goes back to 1575.

Main data

Origin and history

Patrona de Arganda del Rey, whose early size of the 16th century was attributed to the sculptor Gaspar Becerra. French troops burned the original image and its hermitage in the War of Independence. The neighbors commissioned a new size to José Ginés Marín in 1810 (three thousand reais). During the Civil War, the neighbors secretly moved her to the local castle to protect her. His festive record goes back to 1575.

The image and the sanctuary

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

Sponsorship and coronation

King's Arganda Patron. Canonical coronation on 27 June 2010, presided over by Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plà, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the current size.

Party and devotion

Last weekend of September.

Link to the Rosary

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