Our Lady of Setefilla

Patrona de Lora del Río

The tradition collects legends about an ancient apparition or finding of the image on the hill of Setefilla, possibly from medieval times. The name has been related to an ancient Roman or Arab toponym, although this is a matter of philological discussion.

Main data

Origin and history

The tradition collects legends about an ancient apparition or finding of the image on the hill of Setefilla, possibly from medieval times. The name has been related to an ancient Roman or Arab toponym, although this is a matter of philological discussion.

Documentally, there are references to the cult in Setefilla at least since the 15th and 16th centuries and, with certainty, in the parish and municipal books of the 17th century. The current image is a Gothic size.

The image and the sanctuary

The image is venerated in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Setefilla, located on the hill of Setefilla, in the municipal term of Lora del Río.

Sponsorship and coronation

She's a patron of Lora del Río. His canonical coronation was performed in 1954by decree of the Archbishop of Seville, a year in conjunction with the Year of Mariano proclaimed by Pius XII.

Party and devotion

The employers' parties are held around the September 8, festive of the Nativity of the Virgin, with a very busy rosemary; every four years a solemn translation is made, on variable dates according to local agreements.

Link to the Rosary

In the sources consulted there is no fellowship or practice of the Rosary which is uniquely linked to the Virgin of Setefilla, beyond devotion to the common Rosary in parishes and sanctuaries.