Marian devotion
Our Lady of the Port
Plasency Pattern (Cáceres)
On the mountain of Valcorcero, on Plasencia, a Virgin of Milk is venerated as patron of the city; crowned in 1952, she congregates every Sunday of Cuasimodo a multitudinaria Romeria.
Origin and history
The devotion dates back to at least the 15th century, when the first hermitage was erected in Valcorkero; the present sanctuary is a rebuilding of the 18th century. The image is a size of a galactotrofuse type (Virgin of Milk). Declared patron of Plasencia by Saint Pius X and Honorary Mayor, it was canonically crowned on 27 April 1952.
His great feast is the Sunday of Cuasimodo, when thousands of placentines go up to the sanctuary. A legend attributes the title of "Port" to Christians who would have brought the image of the port of Lisbon, hiding it on the mountain; a story of popular piety, without documentary backing.
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