Our Lady of the Rosary

Marian devotion of Santa Cruz de La Palma (La Palma)

Our Lady of the Rosary is an advocation venerated in Santa Cruz de La Palmawhere it is traditionally linked to the Parish Matrix of El Salvador, main temple of the city. The main events of the Bajada when the Virgin of the Snow, an island patron, descends from her sanctuary to the city.

Main data

Origin and history

Our Lady of the Rosary is an advocation venerated in Santa Cruz de La Palmawhere it is traditionally linked to the Parish Matrix of El Salvador, main temple of the city. The main events of the Bajada when the Virgin of the Snow, an island patron, descends from her sanctuary to the city.

The concrete historical origin of the image of the Rosary and its chapel no consta with precision in the sources consulted. By its title, it is part of the general spread of the veneration of the Rosary in the Canary Islands during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The image and the sanctuary

The invocation is linked to the Parish Matrix of El Salvador of Santa Cruz de La Palma. The concrete image of the Rosary and its chapel no constan with precision in the sources consulted.

Sponsorship and coronation

A formal patronage associated with this image and a documented canonical coronation no constan in the sources consulted.

Party and devotion

Su fiesta litúrgica general es el 7 October, memory of Our Lady of the Rosary. Specific local devotional details no constan with precision in the sources consulted.

Link to the Rosary

The link is direct and constitutive: it is an advocation born of prayer of the Rosary, that Marian prayer that goes through the mysteries of Christ's life by the hand of his Mother. To honor Our Lady of the Rosary in El Salvador is, above all, to persevere in the Rosary that gave rise to its title.