Marian devotion

Our Lady of the Rosary of Alcázar of San Juan

Marian Advocation of Alcázar de San Juan (Castilla-La Mancha)
Recognized by the Church

Our Lady of the Rosary is the perpetual patron and mayor of Alcázar de San Juan (Real City), heart of La Mancha quijotesca.

Main data

Place: Alcázar de San Juan (Castilla - La Mancha, Spain)

Origin and history

Our Lady of the Rosary is the perpetual patron and mayor of Alcázar de San Juan (Real City), heart of La Mancha quijotesca.

The image and the sanctuary

It is venerated in the church of Santa Maria the Major of Alcázar of San Juan; the image is given the title of Coronada.

Sponsorship and coronation

Patrona and Mayor Perpetua de Alcázar de San Juan. Coronated image.

Party and devotion

Its parties are held on the first weekend of October, with floral offering, coinciding with the harvest. Devotion is a sign of the identity of the villa.

Link to the Rosary

How beautiful that the patron of Alcazar is the Virgin of the Rosary! In the land of Don Quixote, praying it is the most cordial of adventures: that of the soul that seeks its Mother.

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.

Pray Hail Mary
Sources: tradition of the sanctuary, diocesan information and Wikipedia in Spanish. The distinction between popular piety and documented ecclesial history is specific to this fact sheet; extraordinary accounts are presented as devotion and not as doctrinal pronunciation.

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