Marian devotion
Our Lady of Remedies
Patrona de Ponteareas (Pontevedra)
Our Lady of Remedies is the patron of Ponteareas, in whose major feasts of September occupies the center of the life of the villa; its name lives even on the historic Puente de los Remedios.
Origin and history
Our Lady of Remedies is the patron of Ponteareas, and her devotion is strongly linked to local identity and to the summer patron parties, held from 5 to 8 September. The apvocation gives name to places and elements of the villa, such as the historic Puente de los Remedios, whose origin is linked to an old chapel dedicated to this apvocation.
The accessible sources safely document their patronage and parties, but do not offer a detailed chronology of the origin of the image or of the cult, which belongs in part to the local tradition and toponymy.
Sanctuary, documented origin and canonical coronation: they are not safely recorded in the sources.
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