Our Lady of the Pine (El Paso)

Marian devotion of El Paso (La Palma)

Our Lady of the Pine is a Marian devotional focus in the municipality of El Pasoon the island of La Palma, an area with strong spiritual relationship with the environment of Old Summit and their nearby eruptions. The Virgin of Pino has been invoked as a protector of the people in various misfortunes and calamities.

Main data

Origin and history

Our Lady of the Pine is a Marian devotional focus in the municipality of El Pasoon the island of La Palma, an area with strong spiritual relationship with the environment of Old Summit and their nearby eruptions. The Virgin of Pino has been invoked as a protector of the people in various misfortunes and calamities.

The precise historical data on the origin of this image and its cult no constan con detalle en las fuentes consultadas. Conviene aclarar que no se ha podido documentar en fuentes serias ningún episodio concreto de «manos quemadas» por acercar la imagen a una colada de lava, pese a relatos de tradición oral en la zona.

The image and the sanctuary

The detailed description of the image and the temple no consta with precision in the sources consulted. What is documented is that it is one of the focus of Marian devotion in the municipality of El Paso, with extraordinary processions in times of calamity.

Sponsorship and coronation

A formal patronage and a documented canonical coronation no constan in the sources consulted.

Party and devotion

The advocation of Our Lady of Pine is traditionally associated with September 8, festive of the Nativity of Mary; the concrete local date of El Paso no consta with precision in the sources consulted. Devotion is especially manifested in times of danger, when the people ask for the intercession of the Virgin before eruptions and other calamities.

Link to the Rosary

No direct historical link between this Marian devotion and the Rosary is found in the sources consulted. As with all Marian devotions, praying the Holy Rosary is the simplest way to entrust the needs of the people to the Virgin, especially in times of trial such as those experienced by El Paso during the eruptions of Cumbre Vieja.