Our Lady of the Rosary of Pesé

Marian Invocation of Pesé (Herrera)

No specific historical data on the advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pesé (Herrera, Panama) nor about a possible Marian sanctuary of that title in Pesé (province of Herrera, Panama) or in a municipality called Pesé in the department of Herrera, Colombia; in the latter case, in addition, there is no official Colombian department with that name. Nor does this advocation appear clearly located in the general repertories on the Our Lady of the Rosarythey do collect multiple patronings in various cities in America and Spain, but without specific mention to Pesé.

Main data

Origin and history

No specific historical data on the advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pesé (Herrera, Panama) nor about a possible Marian sanctuary of that title in Pesé (province of Herrera, Panama) or in a municipality called Pesé in the department of Herrera, Colombia; in the latter case, in addition, there is no official Colombian department with that name. Nor does this advocation appear clearly located in the general repertories on the Our Lady of the Rosarythey do collect multiple patronings in various cities in America and Spain, but without specific mention to Pesé.

Since there is no verifiable online documentation (official site of diocese, parish, sanctuary, Wikipedia, Catholic or institutional press) about the history of this advocation in Pesé, can not strictly rebuild its historical origin, dates, founders or circumstances of the arrival of the image. At this point, any more specific data would require archival research and local sources (parochial or diocesan) and should not be given in fact without verification.

In the Panamanian and Colombian context, many Rosary are usually linked to the presence of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) or to the general spread of the Rosary prayer after the battle of Lepanto (1571), but in the specific case of Pesé no consta for now a documented foundational tradition or legend, nor a chronicle that distinguishes between oral tradition and verified historical data.

The image and the sanctuary

The sources consulted do not provide a verifiable description of the image de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Pesé: – No consta con seguridad si se trata de una talla de bulto redondo, un óleo, una estampa o una imagen de vestir. – No consta el material (madera policromada, yeso, resina, lienzo, etc.). – No consta la iconografía concreta (si aparece con el Niño en brazos, con rosario, corona, cetro, escapulario, etc.), más allá de la referencia genérica a que es una advocación del Rosarywhich in the iconographic tradition usually shows Mary with the Child Jesus by giving the rosary or holding it, but in this particular case No documented description.

No reliable information on the temple or sanctuary específico donde se venera esta advocación en Pesé: – No consta el official name (parroquia, capilla, santuario diocesano, etc.). – No consta su posible título canónico (basílica menor, santuario nacional, santuario diocesano). – No constan datos arquitectónicos (antigüedad, estilo, ampliaciones, restauraciones) en fuentes consultables.

Therefore, any attempt to describe the sanctuary or image in more detail would be speculative and would not respect the required criterion of historical rigour.

Sponsorship and coronation

The available sources on patterns of the Our Lady of the Rosary they gather many places where this advocation is a patron of cities, dioceses or institutions, but there is no specific and verifiable reference to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pesé as local patron of Pesé or of a specific diocese.

– Patronage: no consta, en fuentes verificables, un decreto canónico o una declaración oficial que la reconozca como patrona de un municipio, diócesis o región determinada. – Canon coronation: there is no documented canonical coronation (neither pontifical nor diocesan) for the advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pesé in the sources consulted. The cases of coronations of the Rosary that are documented refer to other advocacy and places (for example, the Virgin of the Rosary of Arma in Colombia, crowned in 1959), without relation to Pesé.

Party and devotion

La fiesta litúrgica general de la Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary in the calendar of the Church is celebrated 7 October, and this date is the one that is usually adopted by many parishes and shrines dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary as the main celebration. For the concrete advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pesé, in the document an explicit confirmation that October 7 is officially recognized as its local patron party, although it is likely to be held on that day following the general calendar of the Rosary; this truth, however, does not replace a documentary finding.

No quantifiable data on pilgrimages, inflow of faithful, novena, processions or other popular traditions linked to this particular sanctuary in Pesé. There are also no online descriptions of possible devotional practices of their own (promises, begging for harvest, neighborhood processions, "aurora rosaries," etc.), which are common in other sanctuaries dedicated to the Rosary, but in this case they cannot be affirmed without source.

Link to the Rosary

By the title of the advocation itself -Our Lady of the Rosary- an intrinsic link with the prayer of the Rosary, since every advocation with this name refers to the contemplation of the mysteries of Christ's life with Mary, according to the tradition of the Church and the spirituality promoted in a particular way by the Order of Preachers. However, no consta in the sources consulted a specific description of local practices linked to the Rosary (co-fradies of the Rosary, public rosaries, processions with the prayer of mysteries, etc.) that allow to speak of features specific to Pesé.

From the Marian and spiritual point of view, all devotion to the Virgin of the Rosary - also in Pesé, although there is a lack of concrete data - is understood in continuity with the constant teaching of the Church: the Rosary is a prayer christocentric and biblicalwhich leads to meditating the mysteries of salvation accompanied by Mary, strengthening faith, hope and charity. In the life of rural and urban communities in Latin America, this prayer often supports family life, small communities and participation in the liturgy, especially around the October holidays, even if the specific details of each sanctuary are not publicly documented.