Our Lady of the Tremedal

Orihuela del Tremedal Patron

Our Lady of the Tremedal is the Marian advocation venerated in Orihuela del Tremedal, in the Albarracin (Teruel) saw. Tradition places the origin of devotion in the finding of an image in the area of the Tremedal, on the top of the saw, a pious account that should be distinguished from the documented history. What is settled is the antiquity of worship in this mountain enclave and the condition of the sanctuary as a place of pilgrimage of the region.

Main data

Origin and history

Our Lady of the Tremedal is the Marian advocation venerated in Orihuela del Tremedal, in the Albarracin (Teruel) saw. Tradition places the origin of devotion in the finding of an image in the area of the Tremedal, on the top of the saw, a pious account that should be distinguished from the documented history. What is settled is the antiquity of worship in this mountain enclave and the condition of the sanctuary as a place of pilgrimage of the region.

The image and the sanctuary

The image is venerated in the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Tremedal, located in height over Orihuela del Tremedal, in a pinar area of the Albarracín saw. The sanctuary, reconstructed after historical vicissitudes, is one of the most characteristic Marian places of the Serrano Aragon and goal of rosemary of the surrounding peoples.

Sponsorship and coronation

She is a patron of Orihuela del Tremedal and very venerated in her region. On the exact date of a canonical coronation there is no verifiable data on the sources consulted.

Party and devotion

The exact date of his main feast is not fully secure in the sources consulted, although devotion is expressed in roseries to the mountain sanctuary. The enclave, between pinars and at high altitude, gives the pilgrimage a unique character very rooted among the oriolans.

Link to the Rosary

The sources consulted do not show a specific link between this devotion and the Rosary.