Marian devotion
Our Lady of Health
Patrona de Alcantarilla (Murcia) · crowned in 2005
In the area of the Noras, next to Alcantarilla, a hermitage guards the Virgin of Health, patron of the city, crowned canonically in 2005, to which the people accompany in Romeria on the last Saturday of May.
Origin and history
The Virgin of Health is venerated in her hermitage, in the area of the Salá Water or the Noras, in the term of Alcantarilla. She is the patron of the city, with a devotion of deep popular arraigo maintained by her brotherhood.
His holiday is held in May, with the pilgrimage on the last Saturday of that month. The image was canonically crowned on November 20, 2005, a milestone that confirmed the ecclesial recognition of his devotion. The accessible sources do not accurately detail other historical aspects of the sanctuary.
Detailed historical origin of the sanctuary: it is not accurately recorded in the sources.
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