Marian devotion
Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water, venerated in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water in Baths of Holy Water
Marian title of Baños de Agua Santa (Tungsten)
La advocación de Our Lady of the Holy Water Rosary is attached to the city of Baths of Holy Waterin the province of Tungurahua, Ecuadorwhere Marian devotion acquired a strong local identity and was linked to the sanctuary today known as Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water.
Main data
Origin and history
La advocación de Our Lady of the Holy Water Rosary is attached to the city of Baths of Holy Waterin the province of Tungurahua, Ecuadorwhere Marian devotion acquired a strong local identity and was linked to the sanctuary today known as Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water.
La devotional tradition local gives the Virgin a special protection over Baños, and the popular memory recalls in particular its amparo during the eruption of the 1886 Tungsten volcano. The available information does not contain a complete historical chronology of the origin of the image or of the primitive temple, so it is appropriate to distinguish that pious memory from the documented historywhich in the sources consulted appears above all in the identification of the sanctuary and in the liturgical life of devotion.
The image and the sanctuary
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The image is venerated in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water, en Baths of Holy Water. The sources consulted present it as the main church of the place and as the center of this devotion, but not included in the sources provided the exact date of elevation to lower basilica or a more complete institutional description; therefore, it is safe to call it simply as Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water.
Sponsorship and coronation
The Virgin of Holy Water is venerated as Patron of Baños. The sources consulted do not contain a diocesan or national patronage that is sufficiently documented to extend it safely.
As for the canonical coronation, does not contain a documented canonical coronation in the sources provided.
Party and devotion
La main party se celebra el 7 and 8 October, in tune with the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrada el 7 October. The sources consulted also recall the general link of this advocation with the liturgical celebration of the Rosary in the Catholic Church.
Local devotion is expressed in the Shrine of Baños and in the memory of the Marian protection attributed to the Virgin, especially around the volcanic episodes remembered by local tradition. About pilgrimages, influx or visitor figures, no consta in the sources consulted a verifiable and stable data to be incorporated here.
Link to the Rosary
The link of this advocation with the Rosary is direct: the Marian title itself is Our Lady of the Rosaryand his party is held around the 7 October, liturgical date of the Virgin of the Rosary. In Catholic spirituality, this advocation refers to Mary as Mother and companion in contemplation of the mysteries of Christ, precisely the core of the Rosary prayer.
If there is no particular tradition in local devotion about specific rosarian novenas or practices, the most appropriate sense of this image is that of an advocation that invites the Rosary to pray as a path of evangelical meditation, trusted supplication and Marian praise.
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Pray Hail MaryDocumented update: the devotion of Baños
The Diocese of Ambato officially identifies the church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water of Baños, publishes its direction on Ambato Street and describes its pastoral care with the Dominican parents. The same diocesan page shows that a brief from Pius XII of 1957 declared the Virgin of Holy Water the main patron of the missions of the Ecuadorian East and that in 1959 Cardinal Carlos Maria de la Torre presided over the solemn coronation of the image. These are data of worship and patronage documented by the diocese; they should not be confused with a statement of supernatural of each devotional account.
The diocesan source also transmits the local narrative of the image by the water and the transfer to the temple. It is preserved here as a tradition of the sanctuary, separate from institutional history. The fact sheet does not present the cures attributed to the thermal waters as canonically recognized miracles, because the source consulted does not provide a medical or ecclesial decree with that scope.
The location of the map comes from the place of worship node of OpenStreetMap called Our Lady of the Holy Water Rosary: -1.4032, -78.4486. As it is a node and not an unequivocal geometry of the building, the accuracy is preserved as verified_place.
Sources of this update
- Diocese of Ambato: Our Lady of the Rosary of Holy Water of Baños.
- OpenStreetMap: Our Lady of the Holy Water Rosary.
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