Marian devotion

Virgin of the Olive

Marian title of Patones (Community of Madrid)

Image venerated in a medieval hermitage of Romanico-Mudejar style (XII-XIII centuries) in the municipal term. The building is in ruins and appears on the Red List of Danger Heritage of Hispania Nostra. There is a romance in his honor in May. She is not the official patron of the municipality (the patron is San Juan Bautista).

Main data

Place: Potons (Community of Madrid, Spain)

Origin and history

Image venerated in a medieval hermitage of Romanico-Mudejar style (XII-XIII centuries) in the municipal term. The building is in ruins and appears on the Red List of Danger Heritage of Hispania Nostra. There is a romance in his honor in May. She is not the official patron of the municipality (the patron is San Juan Bautista).

The image and the sanctuary

Image venerated in the parish or main hermitage of Patones, in the region of Sierra Norte (Community of Madrid).

Sponsorship and coronation

Main title of the municipality. No canonical coronation.

Party and devotion

Romeria in May.

Link to the Rosary

The sources consulted do not show a specific or unique link between this devotion and the Rosary.

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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