Marian devotion

Our Lady of Solitude

Marian title of Colmenar de Oreja (Community of Madrid)

Oreja hive pattern. The devotion to Solitude dates back to the XVII-XVII centuries. The temple was declared BIC in 2020. An image before the 13th century was preserved until 1970, when it was replaced by the current one.

Main data

Place: Colmenar de Oreja (Community of Madrid, Spain)

Origin and history

Oreja hive pattern. The devotion to Solitude dates back to the XVII-XVII centuries. The temple was declared BIC in 2020. An image before the 13th century was preserved until 1970, when it was replaced by the current one.

The image and the sanctuary

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

Sponsorship and coronation

Oreja hive pattern. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

There is no exact date in the sources consulted.

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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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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