Our Lady of San Lorenzo

Patrona de Valladolid

Our Lady of San Lorenzo is the patron of the city of Valladolid. The image is a Gothic size of the 15th century. According to the pious tradition, he would have been brought secretly from Consuegra (Toledo) by a gentleman in the 12th century, to preserve her from the Muslim invasion, and deposited in the parish of San Lorenzo; this story is transmitted as a tradition and not as a documented fact.

Main data

Origin and history

Our Lady of San Lorenzo is the patron of the city of Valladolid. The image is a Gothic size of the 15th century. According to the pious tradition, he would have been brought secretly from Consuegra (Toledo) by a gentleman in the 12th century, to preserve her from the Muslim invasion, and deposited in the parish of San Lorenzo; this story is transmitted as a tradition and not as a documented fact.

The image and the sanctuary

The image is venerated in the Basilica of Our Lady of San Lorenzo, in the center of Valladolid. The image was saved from the burning of convents of 1931 thanks to the intervention of the faithful who removed it from the cult and hid it, which was made in the local memory and in studies on the Second Republic in Valladolid.

Sponsorship and coronation

She is a patron of the city of Valladolid, a title documented in the municipal and ecclesial tradition. The canonical coronation took place on 21 September 1917 in the Cathedral of Valladolid, according to local chronicles and diocesan tradition.

Party and devotion

The main party is held on 8 September, in the framework of the city parties. The devotion is very popular: the rocks and cofradies of Valladolid accompany the Virgin in procession that day, and the offer of newborn children is common.

Link to the Rosary

There is no specific fellowship of the Rosary linked to this advocation or a rosarian tradition of its own; the prayer of the Rosary is practiced as general devotion.