Marian devotion

Our Lady of Jarosa of Guadarrama

Marian Advocation of Guadalrama (Community of Madrid)
Recognized by the Church

Our Lady of Jarosa is the patron saint of Guadarrama (Madrid), located in the heart of the mountain pass. Devotion to her is centered on the hermitage of the same name, on the mountain.

Main data

Place: Guadalrama (Community of Madrid, Spain)

Origin and history

Our Lady of Jarosa is the patron saint of Guadarrama (Madrid), located in the heart of the mountain pass. Devotion to her is centered on the hermitage of the same name, on the mountain.

The image and the sanctuary

He is venerated in his hermitage of La Jarosa, in the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patron saint of Guadarrama. No canonical coronation is recorded.

Party and devotion

Their festivities are celebrated in August, with the main day being the 15th, around the Feast of the Assumption. Devotion is a defining characteristic of the town.

Link to the Rosary

Among pine forests and peaks, the Virgin of Jarosa welcomes the traveler; the Rosary is the mountain path that, step by step, leads the heart to the summit where the Mother awaits.

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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