Marian devotion

Our Lady of the Angustias

Marian Advocation of Loeches (Community of Madrid)

Loeche Patron. The municipality is known for the Convent of the Immaculate Conception (17th century, founded by the Condeo-Duke of Olivares) and the Convent of San Ignacio Martir. The devotion to the Angustias has been documented since the 16th century.

Main data

Place: Loeches (Community of Madrid, Spain)
Party: 12 September

Origin and history

Loeche Patron. The municipality is known for the Convent of the Immaculate Conception (17th century, founded by the Condeo-Duke of Olivares) and the Convent of San Ignacio Martir. The devotion to the Angustias has been documented since the 16th century.

The image and the sanctuary

Image venerated in the parish or main hermitage of Loeches, in the region of Corredor del Henares (Community of Madrid).

Sponsorship and coronation

Loeche Patron. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

September 12.

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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