Our Lady of Tiscar

Patrona de Quesada

The tradition attributes the apparition or finding of the image to the Muslim knight Cid Hiaya - later baptized as Pedro de Granada Venegas - or, according to other variants, to a pastor; the image would have been found in a cave near the castle of Tiscar after the conquest of the area, between the 13th and 14th centuries. Historically, the sanctuary has been documented since the Middle Ages, although the specific details of the apparition belong to the legendary tradition and must be distinguished from the historical data.

Main data

Origin and history

The tradition attributes the apparition or finding of the image to the Muslim knight Cid Hiaya - later baptized as Pedro de Granada Venegas - or, according to other variants, to a pastor; the image would have been found in a cave near the castle of Tiscar after the conquest of the area, between the 13th and 14th centuries. Historically, the sanctuary has been documented since the Middle Ages, although the specific details of the apparition belong to the legendary tradition and must be distinguished from the historical data.

The image and the sanctuary

The image is venerated in the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Tiscar, in the term of Quesada (province of Jaén), next to the castle of Tiscar, in a serrano area of great beauty. The sanctuary retains numerous exvotes of wax, paintings and objects offered in thanks for favors and cures attributed to the Virgin, and is identified as one of the oldest and most devotional roots in the province of Jaén.

Sponsorship and coronation

She is a patron of Quesada and the region of the Sierra de Cazorla. Its canonical coronation was found in 1951, according to diocesan documentation and the provincial press.

Party and devotion

Su romería principal se celebra el primer fin de semana de septiembre, coincidiendo con las fiestas patronales de Quesada. Existe además una romería de «traída» y «llevada» de la imagen entre el pueblo y el santuario en fechas señaladas, que vincula a la población con su santuario serrano.

Link to the Rosary

There is no unique link of this advocation to the Rosary beyond its ordinary use in Romries and Novies.