Marian devotion
Our Lady of the greatest pain of Aracena
Marian title of Aracena (Andalusia)
Recognized by the Church
Our Lady of Major Pain is the patron of Aracena (Huelva), in the Sierra de Aracena. Every year the Aracenians pilgrim with their Simsin to the Peña de Arias Montano, in the neighbouring Alájar, where they will be venerated to the Queen of the Angels, in one of the most affectionate of the mountains.
Main data
Origin and history
Our Lady of Major Pain is the patron of Aracena (Huelva), in the Sierra de Aracena. Every year the Aracenians pilgrim with their Simsin to the Peña de Arias Montano, in the neighbouring Alájar, where they will be venerated to the Queen of the Angels, in one of the most affectionate of the mountains.
The image and the sanctuary
It's venerated in Aracena. It represents the Virgin in the pain of her Son's Passion.
Sponsorship and coronation
Patron of Aracena. No canonical coronation.
Party and devotion
His parties honor the Virgin of the Greater Pain, also attached to the serrana rostery of the Queen of Angels. Devotion is a sign of the identity of the people.
Link to the Rosary
There is no human pain that Mary has not known before; to pray the painful mysteries with the Virgin of the Greater Pain is to know that the Mother understands and accompanies all sorrow.
A flower for the Virgin
It offers a simple prayer to this advocation. Pray a Hail Mary for Spain and for the peace of the world.
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