Our Lady of Araceli

Patrona de Lucena

The Virgin of Araceli is the patron of Lucena, with a deep-rooted sanctuary in the mountains near the city. On its specific origin - finding, apparition or implantation of the cult - there is no reliable verifiable information in the sources consulted.

Main data

Origin and history

The Virgin of Araceli is the patron of Lucena, with a deep-rooted sanctuary in the mountains near the city. On its specific origin - finding, apparition or implantation of the cult - there is no reliable verifiable information in the sources consulted.

The image and the sanctuary

The image is venerated in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Araceli, in the term Lucena (province of Córdoba). Additional documented data on the image and factory of the sanctuary are not accurately recorded in the sources consulted.

Sponsorship and coronation

She's a patron of Lucena. On a possible canonical coronation there is no verifiable data in the sources consulted.

Party and devotion

Its main celebration is around the month of May or June according to the local calendar, with Romeria; it does not accurately record the exact date of the main feast in the sources consulted. There is also no verifiable anecdote or devotional account beyond the arraigo of patronal devotion.

Link to the Rosary

No specific link between this devotion and the Rosary is found in the sources consulted.

Sources: tradition of the sanctuary, diocesan information and Wikipedia in Spanish. The distinction between popular piety and documented ecclesial history is specific to this fact sheet; extraordinary accounts are presented as devotion and not as doctrinal pronunciation.