Our Lady of Monserrate, venerated in the shrine of the hill of Monserrate that dominates Bogotá

Marian devotion of Bogotá (Bogotá DC)

La advocación de Our Lady of Monserrate In Bogotá it is linked to the sanctuary raised on the eastern hill of the city, whose name refers to the famous Virgin of Montserrat venerated in Catalonia. The local tradition and devotional memory of the place retain that original Marian dedication, although over time devotion to the Mr. Fall acquired greater relief in the bogotan sanctuary.

Main data

Origin and history

La advocación de Our Lady of Monserrate In Bogotá it is linked to the sanctuary raised on the eastern hill of the city, whose name refers to the famous Virgin of Montserrat venerated in Catalonia. The local tradition and devotional memory of the place retain that original Marian dedication, although over time devotion to the Mr. Fall acquired greater relief in the bogotan sanctuary.

La documented history of the hill and its hermitage indicates that the Monserrate shrine exists as a place of capital pilgrimage and that in 1920 the present basilica was inaugurated at the top of the hill, within the archdiocese of Bogotá. In the sources of the local Church it is also recalled that devotion to the Virgin of Monserrat has a medieval remote origin in Spain, while in Bogotá it was preserved as an advocation of the sanctuary even when the practical patronage of the place was associated with the Lord Caído.

The image and the sanctuary

In the documentation consulted no con seguridad a detailed and unambiguous public description of the image of Our Lady of Monserrate venerated in Bogotá, it is therefore not appropriate to attribute materials, size, iconography or specific features to it without a primary source of the sanctuary.

The place of worship is the Sanctuary / Basilica of the Lord of Monserrate on the Monserrate hill in Bogotá D.C.; a Catholic journalistic source describes it as minor basilica of Catholic veneration, located on the top of the hill and belonging to the archdiocese of Bogotá. In the devotional practice of the sanctuary, the Marian reference of Monserrate meets the great centrality of the Mr. Fall.

Sponsorship and coronation

In the revised documentation no official city, diocese or nation patronage attributed to the bogotan advocation of Our Lady of Monserrate.

Neither contains a documented canonical coronation for this advocation in Bogotá in the sources consulted.

Party and devotion

The Marian celebration associated with the advocation of Montserrat is usually fixed the April 27 in the tradition of the Church linked to Montserrat; however, for the concrete bogotan image or advocation no consta In the sources consulted a feast of its own clearly separated from the devotional life of the sanctuary.

Monserrate is one of the main places of pilgrimage in Bogotá, and its religious function is expressed both on individual visits and on pilgrimages to the hill, especially for its symbolic value in capital religiosity. The popular memory of the sanctuary has been marked by the coexistence between the original Marian advocation and the strong devotion to the Lord Caído, who ended up occupying the center of the piety of the place.

Link to the Rosary

The relationship of this advocation with the Rosary is not specifically recorded in the sources consulted for Bogotá. However, like all Marian devotion, the veneration to Our Lady of Monserrate is naturally aligned with the prayer of the Rosary, which contemplates the mysteries of Christ with Mary and has historically been associated with the piety of Marian shrines.