Our Lady of the Poor, patron of Zacatecoluca
Our Lady of the Poor is the patron of Zacatecoluca and the department of La Paz in El Salvador. His worship was sealed on August 15, 1840, when a torrential rain turned off the fire that threatened the village, and since then the people have been celebrating the promised feast in thanks every December 26, held without interruption until today.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- On August 15, 1840, a ray set a ranch on fire and was feared throughout the village; after the people's pleas, a torrential rain turned off the fire, and the friar Felix Castro asked that every year he thank Mary, setting the feast on December 26.
- The current image, third in history, was brought from Guatemala in 1850 by the Guirola family and solemnly blessed in 1854 by Monsignor Tomás Pineda and Zaldaña, who proclaimed it Patrona of the Department of La Paz.
- In 1940, when the centenary of the miracle of 1840 was fulfilled, the Apostolic Nuncio crowned the Virgin of the Poor, sealing a century of uninterrupted gratitude from the Virolian people.
- His temple, built between 1965 and 1975 by the French-born Fra Rufino Bugitti, was declared a cathedral on 5 May 1987 by Saint John Paul II when the Diocese of Zacatecoluca was erected; every December the ninth and the procession of the 19th are in the city.
Virgin of the Poor
The Virgin of the Poor has been watching since 1840 by Zacatecoluca, who faithfully celebrates the feast promised after the miracle of the rain on December 26. He was crowned in 1940 and enthroned in his cathedral since 1987, and is a patron of the Department of La Paz.
"Our Lady of the Poor, mother of the humble, pray for your people of Zacatecoluca.
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