Marian devotion

Our Lady of Charity of Navalvillar de Pela

Marian Invocation of Navalvillar de Pela (Extremadura)
Recognized by the Church

Our Lady of Charity is the patron saint of Navalvillar de Pela (Badajoz). Her 17th-century hermitage houses the statue of the patron saint.

Main data

Place: Navalvillar de Pela (Extremadura, Spain)
Party: 17 August

Origin and history

Our Lady of Charity is the patron saint of Navalvillar de Pela (Badajoz). Her 17th-century hermitage houses the statue of the patron saint.

The image and the sanctuary

It is venerated in the hermitage of the Virgin of Charity, a 17th-century work.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patron saint of Navalvillar de Pela. No canonical coronation is recorded.

Party and devotion

Its patron saint festivities are celebrated from August 14th to 17th. Devotion to its patron saint is one of the town's defining characteristics.

Link to the Rosary

"Charity is patient, it is helpful": before the Virgin of Charity, the Rosary teaches us to love like her, whose whole life was dedicated to God and to men.

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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