Our Lady of Remedies

Marian title of Alcorcón (Community of Madrid)

Patron of Alcorcón, with devotion documented since the XVI-XVII century (scepters with its image dated 1706 and 1710; hermitage cited in the 1786 Lorenzan Descriptions). According to tradition, the alcorconer sailor Rodrigo de Mendoza, in an expedition of 1499 to the Indias, prayed to the Virgin in the face of the attack of a caiman in Portobelo (Panama) and upon return extended devotion. The present hermitage was inaugurated in 1954.

Main data

Origin and history

Patron of Alcorcón, with devotion documented since the XVI-XVII century (scepters with its image dated 1706 and 1710; hermitage cited in the 1786 Lorenzan Descriptions). According to tradition, the alcorconer sailor Rodrigo de Mendoza, in an expedition of 1499 to the Indias, prayed to the Virgin in the face of the attack of a caiman in Portobelo (Panama) and upon return extended devotion. The present hermitage was inaugurated in 1954.

The image and the sanctuary

Image venerated in the parish or main hermitage of Alcorcón, in the region of Southern Metropolitan Area (Community of Madrid).

Sponsorship and coronation

The Alcorcon Patron. Canonical coronation on April 25, 2015, presided over by the Bishop of Getafe, with Apostolic Blessing of Pope Francis.

Party and devotion

Last weekend of May.

Link to the Rosary

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