Our Lady of the Dolores, patron of Dolores Hidalgo Cuna of National Independence

Marian title of Dolores Hidalgo (Guanajuato)

Históricamente, la Return to Our Lady of the Dolores (The Dolorosa) is based on the meditation of the Mary's seven pains at the foot of the Cross and in other key moments of Christ's life, rooted in medieval spirituality and especially spread by the Order of the Servants of Mary (Servants). This apvocation, of a universal character, is celebrated liturgical in the Latin Church the 15 September (Our Lady of the Dolores), along with the memory of the mystery of the Cross, is widely reflected in the tradition of Marian advocacy.

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Origin and history

Históricamente, la Return to Our Lady of the Dolores (The Dolorosa) is based on the meditation of the Mary's seven pains at the foot of the Cross and in other key moments of Christ's life, rooted in medieval spirituality and especially spread by the Order of the Servants of Mary (Servants). This apvocation, of a universal character, is celebrated liturgical in the Latin Church the 15 September (Our Lady of the Dolores), along with the memory of the mystery of the Cross, is widely reflected in the tradition of Marian advocacy.

In relation to the Independence of Mexicosources indicate that the Virgin of the Dolores was one of the Marian asvocations symbolically associated with the independence process, because the parish priest Miguel Hidalgo and Rib began the independence movement in 1810 in the parish of Our Lady of the Doloresin the then village of Dolores, today Dolores Hidalgo, Cuna de la Independencia Nacional, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. In the Mexican popular memory, that parish and its Marian headline have been linked to the gestures of independence.

In contrast, the existence of a town called "Dolores Hidalgo" in Colombia, ni de un Colombian "department of Guanajuato"nor of a Marian sanctuary under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows with these characteristics; everything points to a geographical confusion with the Mexican city legally located in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, and not in Colombia.

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The image and the sanctuary

En la Catholic spirituality, the image of Our Lady of Sorrows is usually represented as a Dolored: the Virgin Mary standing or half-body, with face, usually dressed in blue or black mantle and clear robe, and with a heart crossed by one or seven swords, referring to the seven pains prophesied by Simeon. This iconographic type is very widespread in the Hispanic world, especially in processing images of Easter and in altars dedicated to the Dolorosa. However, there is no specific and documented description of a own image ("headline") linked to a Marian sanctuary of "Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Colombia."

El historically linked temple to this invocation in the context of Independence is the Parish of Our Lady of Dolores in the city of Dolores Hidalgo, Cuna de la Independencia Nacional, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, where Father Miguel Hidalgo launched the so-called "Grito de Dolores" in 1810. This parish is a parish temple of great historical and religious importance in Mexico, but it is not known that it is located in Colombia or that there is a homonymous sanctuary in Colombian territory with the same name and patronage. There is also no specific recognition in the sources consulted as a minor basilica, national or diocesan sanctuary for a temple of "Dolores Hidalgo" in Colombia; therefore, with respect to Colombia, no consta.

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Sponsorship and coronation

The General Invocation of Our Lady of Sorrows is very widespread and appears as the holder of numerous parishes and co-fradies in the Hispanic field, but the specific patronage described in the consultation presents a problem of location:

– Respecto a Dolores Hidalgo, National Independence Cuna, Guanajuato, Mexico, various sources point to the historical and spiritual link between the city and Our Lady of Sorrows como titular de la parroquia donde comenzó la gesta independentista. Se trata de un patronazgo fuertemente arraigado en la memoria religiosa e histórica mexicana, aunque las fuentes consultadas no detallan de manera explícita el decreto canónico de patronazgo de la diócesis o municipio. – Respecto a "Dolores Hidalgo, department of Guanajuato, Colombia", no consta in ecclesial, civil or academic sources that there is officially such a territorial entity or a canonically recognized Marian patronage with that description.

On the canonical coronation of an image of Our Lady of the Dolores as patron of "Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Colombia," does not contain a documented canonical coronation. The available sources do not mention date, decree, pontiff or delegate for a coronation with that location.

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Party and devotion

En la liturgy of the universal Iglesia, the mandatory memory of Our Lady of Sorrows se celebra el 15 Septemberimmediately after the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. In addition, in many regions of Spanish tradition the celebration of the Dolores Fridaythe Friday before Palm Sunday, in preparation for Holy Week and in honor of the Virgin Dolorosa.

En el contexto del Independent Mexicothe devotion to the Virgin of the Dolores in the parish of Dolores (today Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico) has intertwined with the civic memory of Independence, since the 1810 uprising began in his parish. However, for a supposed community of "Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Colombia," no constan in reliable sources data on pilgrimages, inflow figures or specific popular traditions associated with a Marian patron party of its own; everything documented always refers to the Mexican city.

It can be said, in general terms, that devotion to Our Lady of the Dolores usually expressed by:

– Celebración del Dolores Friday y del 15 September con Misa solemne. – Rezo del Via Cruces y del rosary or crown of the Seven Dolores. – Procesiones con la imagen de la Dolorosa, especialmente en los días previos a la Semana Santa.

But for the specific case described as Colombian, specific information no consta.

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Link to the Rosary

No se documenta un unique and own bond between a Marian advocation entitled "Our Lady of the Dolores, patron of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Colombia" and a particular form of prayer of the Rosary; that advocation, as described geographically, no consta in the sources consulted.

However, the spirituality of Our Lady of the Dolores is traditionally linked to a specific form of rosary: Crown or Rosary of the Seven Doloresin which the main pains of Mary are meditated by Christ, praying for each one a Father and seven Avemarias, as they collect materials of Marian piety and contemporary devotions. This practice helps to contemplate, together with Mary, the mystery of the Cross and to unite personal suffering with those of Christ, in key to reparation and hope.

In a broader sense, the Marian Rosary He always accompanies devotion to the Blessed Virgin, because:

– Permite recorrer los painful mysteries of the life of Christ (Gethsemane, Flogging, Chorus)