Marian devotion
Our Lady of the Rivero
Patrona de San Esteban de Gormaz (Soria)
On an altozano that dominates the Ribera del Duero, the Romanesque church of the Rivero guards the patron of San Esteban de Gormaz; every 1 May the people of the region go up to the village with their pendons at the feast of the Concordia.
Origin and history
The church of Nuestra Señora del Rivero is a twelfth-century Romanesque work, built on an altozano that dominates the Ribera del Duero; its porticada gallery served as a reference to the nearby church of San Miguel, one of the oldest of the porticado Soriano. The image is venerated as the patron of the villa, and the documented history of the sources is above all architectural and heritage.
The most characteristic devotional feature is the feast of the Concordia, on May 1, when the people of the region come to San Esteban de Gormaz with their pendons and offer them to the Virgin of the Rivero, in one of the celebrations with the greatest roots in the surroundings of the Sorian Duero.
Own liturgical party, formal patronage and canonical coronation: they are not safely recorded in the sources.
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