Marian devotion

Our Lady of Grace of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Marian title of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid Community)
Recognized by the Church

Our Lady of Grace is the patron of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid), at the foot of the monastery of Philip II, in the Sierra de Guadalrama.

Main data

Place: San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Community of Madrid, Spain)

Origin and history

Our Lady of Grace is the patron of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid), at the foot of the monastery of Philip II, in the Sierra de Guadalrama.

The image and the sanctuary

It is venerated in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. There is no available detailed art sheet of the image.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patrona de San Lorenzo de El Escorial. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

His pilgrimage, the great tradition of the people since 1948, is celebrated on the second weekend of September. Devotion is a sign of the identity of the people.

Link to the Rosary

"Full of grace" the angel greeted Mary; praying the Rosary is repeating, with the heart, that same greeting from heaven to the Mother of Grace.

A flower for the Virgin

It offers a simple prayer to this advocation. Pray a Hail Mary for Spain and for the peace of the world.

Pray Hail Mary
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.

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