Marian devotion
Our Lady of Retamar
Marian title of Las Rozas de Madrid (Community of Madrid)
Patrona de Las Rozas de Madrid, with devotion documented since the 14th century (reference of 1303). The present hermitage, next to the Dehesa of Navalicolo, was rebuilt in the 1990s. By tradition, the women of the municipality carry the image on their shoulders from the church of San Miguel to the hermitage.
Main data
Origin and history
Patrona de Las Rozas de Madrid, with devotion documented since the 14th century (reference of 1303). The present hermitage, next to the Dehesa of Navalicolo, was rebuilt in the 1990s. By tradition, the women of the municipality carry the image on their shoulders from the church of San Miguel to the hermitage.
The image and the sanctuary
Image venerated in the parish or main hermitage of Las Rozas de Madrid, in the region of the Western Metropolitan Area (Community of Madrid).
Sponsorship and coronation
Patrona de Las Rozas de Madrid. No canonical coronation.
Party and devotion
First Sunday of May (Romeria the following Monday).
Link to the Rosary
The sources consulted do not show a specific or unique link between this devotion and the Rosary.
A flower for the Virgin
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