Our Lady of the New of San Martín de Valdeiglesias

Advocación mariana de San Martín de Valdeiglesias (Comunidad de Madrid)
Recognized by the Church

Our Lady of La Nueva is the patron saint of San Martín de Valdeiglesias (Madrid), nestled in the foothills of the Sierra de Gredos mountains. Her hermitage, built in 1384, was submerged by the waters of the San Juan reservoir in 1956, and a new place of worship was subsequently built at the foot of the reservoir. Tradition recounts a miracle of the Virgin Mary that eradicated a plague that nearly decimated the town.

Main data

Origin and history

Our Lady of La Nueva is the patron saint of San Martín de Valdeiglesias (Madrid), nestled in the foothills of the Sierra de Gredos mountains. Her hermitage, built in 1384, was submerged by the waters of the San Juan reservoir in 1956, and a new place of worship was subsequently built at the foot of the reservoir. Tradition recounts a miracle of the Virgin Mary that eradicated a plague that nearly decimated the town.

The image and the sanctuary

It is venerated in its new sanctuary, next to the San Juan reservoir, after the medieval hermitage was flooded.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patron saint of San Martín de Valdeiglesias. No canonical coronation is recorded.

Party and devotion

Their pilgrimage takes place on Whit Sunday, carrying the patron saint to her sanctuary. This devotion is a defining characteristic of the town.

Link to the Rosary

Although the waters covered its hermitage, they did not extinguish the faith of the people; the Rosary is that prayer which, like the Virgin of the New, always rises again, intact, above all loss.