Our Lady of the Rosary, patron of the city of Rosario

Patron of Colombia since 1829

In the Catholic tradition, the advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary It is linked to the preaching of Santo Domingo de Guzmán and the spread of the prayer of the Rosary as a spiritual weapon in the face of the heresy and difficulties of the Church. According to the pious tradition, the Virgin would have appeared to Santo Domingo in the 13th century by giving her the rosary as a means of contemplating the mysteries of Christ. This narrative belongs to the field of devotional legend, appreciated by popular piety, but has no contemporary historical documentation to the facts.

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Origin and history

In the Catholic tradition, the advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary It is linked to the preaching of Santo Domingo de Guzmán and the spread of the prayer of the Rosary as a spiritual weapon in the face of the heresy and difficulties of the Church. According to the pious tradition, the Virgin would have appeared to Santo Domingo in the 13th century by giving her the rosary as a means of contemplating the mysteries of Christ. This narrative belongs to the field of devotional legend, appreciated by popular piety, but has no contemporary historical documentation to the facts.

However, from the point of view of the documented historythe liturgical feast of the Virgin of the Rosary was instituted by the Pope San Pío V after the battle of Lepanto (1571), setting it on October 7 and initially linking it to the title "Our Lady of the Victories." Later, the Pope Gregory XIII He gave the celebration the name "Our Lady of the Rosary," extending his worship. Since then, many cities and dioceses in the world have chosen her as a patron, and temples and shrines have multiplied under this title.

With regard to an advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary as patron of the city of Rosario (department of Santa Fe, Colombia)with the cathedral basilica and the origin of the name of the city in an oratory of the Rosary, no reliable documentation in ecclesial directories, official pages of Colombian dioceses or synthesis on patronings of the Virgin of the Rosary in Colombia. The data on a "city of Rosario" which takes its name from an oratory of the Rosary and which has it as a patron, however, clearly refer to the the city of Rosario (province of Santa Fe, Argentina).

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The image and the sanctuary

For a specific image of Our Lady of the Rosary venerated as patron of the city of Rosario (Santa Fe, Colombia) no consta, in accessible ecclesial or historical sources, a reliable description of the type of image (size, painting, relief), material, size or individual iconographic features. A Basílica Catedral o diocesan / national sanctuary with this title in a municipality Rosario of the department of Santa Fe of Colombia.

Other Marian temples related to the Rosary, such as the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquiráthe main Marian sanctuary of the country, and cathedrals dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary in other cities (for example, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Valledupar). However, these data do not correspond to the location indicated in the consultation and are linked to different advocacy and dioceses.

Out of respect for the historical truth and the rules indicated, no if you describe an imagen ni un sanctuary concrete en Rosario (Santa Fe, Colombia)in the absence of verifiable information.

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Sponsorship and coronation

The General Invocation of Our Lady of the Rosary is a patron of many places and entities in the world. In Colombia, the following are particularly documented:

– Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, patrona de Colombia desde 1829, con coronación canónica en 1919. – La Virgen del Rosario como patrona de la diócesis de Valleduparwith a cathedral dedicated to it.

However, no consta in reliable sources archdiocese based in Rosario (department of Santa Fe, Colombia) nor that Our Lady of the Rosary has been officially declared patron of a city of Rosario in this department. Similarly, no official mention that links the name of a Colombian municipality called Rosario to the "primitive oratorio del Rosario"; this fact is well attested for the city of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe (Argentina).

As regards a possible canonical coronation of an image of Our Lady of the Rosary as patron of the city of Rosario (Santa Fe, Colombia), does not contain a documented canonical coronation; no diocesan, national or general source of Marian coronations in Colombia records such an act for that town.

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Party and devotion

La litigation fiesta universal de la Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary se celebra el 7 October, day instituted by Saint Pius V and confirmed by the further development of the Roman calendar. On that date, the Church invites us to meditate on the mysteries of Christ accompanied by the prayer of the Rosary.

In many places where the Virgin of the Rosary is a patron, on October 7 or near Sundays there are novies, processions, local pilgrimages and acts of consecration. However, for the concrete town of Rosario (Santa Fe, Colombia) no verifiable data on:

– organización de pilgrimages a un santuario mariano del Rosario, – cifras de afluencia de fieles, – popular traditions propias (procesiones fluviales, desfiles, vigilias, etc.), – u otras costumbres religiosas asociadas específicamente a Nuestra Señora del Rosario como patrona del lugar.

Since the Marian title is widespread and the piety to the Rosary is present in almost all parishes, it is reasonable to assume a daily devotion to the Rosary in the parish life, but no consta a devotional profile of its own and documented for a sanctuary or patron party linked to an alleged archdiocese of Rosario (Santa Fe, Colombia).

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Link to the Rosary

By its very nature, the advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary is intimately linked to rezo of the Holy Rosary, understood as meditation of the mysteries of life, passion, death and resurrection of Christ in union with Mary. The Magisterium and spiritual tradition of the Church have recommended this prayer as "Marian crown" which accompanies the daily path of faith, both in family and community.

Even where there is no recognized sanctuary or well-documented local tradition, devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary se alimenta de la práctica perseverante del Rosario: – ayuda a to contemplate Christ with the eyes of Mary; – inserta en la vida diaria los mysteries of faith; – sostiene la Christian hope in trial times.

In the Colombian context, this relationship is particularly strong in devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirábut the same spirituality is valid for every community that is entrusted to the Virgin of the Rosary, even though it does not have a specific local tradition documented.

Since no secure data have been found on a specific advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary as patron of the city of Rosario in the department of Santa Fe (Colombia), the specific relationship of that community with the Rosary no consta in verifiable sources. In any case, the sound recitation