Mary Most Holy of Solitude Crowned

Priego de Córdoba · Church of Saint Peter the Apostle

En Priego de Córdoba, the jewel of the Cordobe baroque, venerates Mary Most Holy of Soledad, painful of Good Friday attributed to José de Mora. Canonically crowned in 1994, it is one of the most profound devotions in the city.

Main data

History and brotherhood

His brotherhood - the Royal Brotherhood and Sacramental Brotherhood of the Holy burial of Christ and Mary Most Holy of the Coronade Soledad - was founded on 20 January 1594. The image, of unknown author, is attributed to José de Mora and was probably commissioned for the begging brotherhood founded in 1684 for eyelashes and droughts. The voting parties of the third Sunday of May were established in the same year of 1684.

The image

It is a size of serene pain candlestick: low look, wavy eyebrows - trait associated with José de Mora - and seven glass tears to refer to the Seven Dolores of Mary. He currently has a handkerchief in his hands.

The canonical coronation

It was canonically crowned the 26 June 1994within the acts of the Fourth Foundational Centenary of the brotherhood; it was crowned by Bishop José Antonio Infantes Florido in the Fountain of the King, the famous early monumental ensemble.

Favors and popular devotion

Priego accompanies his Soledad on the night of Good Friday and confides his sorrows to her, thanking her for favors that the devout memory of the city keeps with gratitude, without this constituting a formal ecclesiastical declaration.

The Solitude of Mary

The advocation of Soledad contemplates Mary after the death of her Son, alone and faithful in waiting for the Resurrection. She goes with him. Holy Rosarywith which Our Lady always leads us to Jesus.