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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.

Lugar: Alcantarilla, Murcia (paraje del Agua Salá / de las Norias)
Santuario: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Salud
Fiesta: mayo (romería el último sábado de mayo)
Patrona: de Alcantarilla; coronada canónicamente el 20 de noviembre de 2005

Origin and history

The Virgin of Health is sold 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 rosemary 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.

«Virgen de la Salud, patrona de Alcantarilla, ruega por nosotros.»

Detailed historical origin of the sanctuary: it is not accurately recorded in the sources.

Fuentes: Fuentes municipales y de hermandad de Alcantarilla (consulta 11-6-2026). Ermita en el paraje de las Norias, patronazgo de Alcantarilla, romería del último sábado de mayo y coronación canónica (20-11-2005) verificados. Origen histórico detallado: no consta con precisión.

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