Marian devotion
Our Lady of Solitude Crowned
Patron saint of Paterna de Rivera (Cádiz) · Crowned
En Paterna de Riverain the Gaditan countryside, it venerates Our Lady of Solitude, patron of the villa since 1929 and the work of the imaginary Antonio Castillo Lastrucci. It was canonically crowned in 2006.
Main data
History and origin
The brotherhood was founded in the late 17th century (1674). The original size was lost, burned during the Civil War, and the current size was made by Antonio Castillo Lastrucci in 1937. His patronage of Paterna de Rivera was proclaimed on March 22, 1929.
Festivals and Holy Week
Your day is the Dolores Fridaywith the presentation of children and besamans; it also processes Thursday and Good Friday, and at the end of the procession the emotional "Meeting" of the painful Mother with her Son on the Cross takes place.
The canonical coronation
It was canonically crowned the 10 December 2006.
Favors and popular devotion
Paterna accompanies his Soledad and confides his sorrows to her, thanking her for favors kept in the devout memory of the town, without this implying a formal ecclesiastical declaration.
The Solitude of Mary
In her Soledad, Mary remains faithful after the death of her Son, waiting for the Resurrection. She goes with him. Holy Rosarywith which the Virgin always leads us to her Son.
A flower for the Virgin
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