Marian devotion
Our Lady of Rodanas
Sanctuary of Épila (Zaragoza)
In the Rodanas mountain range, above Épila, a sanctuary hosts a deeply rooted local Marian devotion, with a traditional pilgrimage.
Origin and history
The sanctuary of Our Lady of Rodanas stands in the natural setting of the Rodanas mountain range, in the municipality of Épila, and is the center of a regional Marian devotion deeply rooted in the Valdejalón region.
Its devotional feature is the pilgrimage to the sanctuary, in a setting of pine forests and nature. Available sources do not provide a precise chronology of the origin of the cult or a canonical coronation.
Date of the festival, documented origin and canonical coronation: these are not reliably stated in the sources.
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