Marian devotion
Virxe da Lanzada (Virgin of the Lanzada)
Marian title of Sanxenxo (Galicia)
The cult of the Virxe da Lanzada is of ancient root, in a very marked marine site on the coast of Sanxenxo (Pontevedra). The sources consulted do not provide sufficient documentation on their historical origin, so it is appropriate to distinguish what is tradition from what is documented.
Main data
Origin and history
The cult of the Virxe da Lanzada is of ancient root, in a very marked marine site on the coast of Sanxenxo (Pontevedra). The sources consulted do not provide sufficient documentation on their historical origin, so it is appropriate to distinguish what is tradition from what is documented.
The image and the sanctuary
The image is venerated in the Shrine da Lanzadain the municipality of Sanxenxo, by the sea. Other details about the image and the temple are not recorded in the sources consulted.
Sponsorship and coronation
The specific patronage and the possible canonical coronation are not mentioned in the sources consulted.
Party and devotion
The place is popularly associated with fertility rites and ritual baths; this must be understood as a well-known ethnographic tradition, not as a closed historical affirmation or as a practice of official Catholic devotion. The precise date of the main party is not recorded in the sources consulted.
Link to the Rosary
The sources consulted do not mention a confraternity or practice of the Rosary uniquely linked to this devotion.
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