Marian devotions of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico venera como patrona a Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia, junto al célebre santuario de la Monserrate de Hormigueros y otras advocaciones.
🌹 Marian wonders and anecdotes of Puerto Rico
- Nuestra Señora de Monserrate (Hormigueros) — en el siglo XVI, Giraldo González fue salvado de la embestida de un toro al invocar a la Virgen, y su hija perdida en el monte fue cuidada durante quince días por «una mujer trigueña»: origen del santuario más antiguo de la isla.
- Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia — patrona de Puerto Rico, coronada en la catedral de San Juan en 1976.
Nuestra Señora de Fátima, venerada en el Santuario de Fátima de Bayamón
The devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, formally Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, originated from the Marian apparitions reported by three shepherd children – Lucia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Jacinta Marto – in the Cova da Iria,…
🙏 Our Lady of Fatima, venerated in the Sanctuary of Fatima in Bayamón, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Ponce
The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe of Ponce is linked to the colonial history of the city and the early spread in the Caribbean of the devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe of Mexico.
🙏 Our Lady of Guadalupe of Ponce, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Manatí
The Church of Our Lady of Candelaria and Saint Matthias the Apostle of Manatí is a temple of colonial origin, whose current structure dates back to the 18th century.
🙏 Our Lady of Candelaria of Manatí, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez
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🙏 Our Lady of Candelaria of Mayagüez, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, copatrona mariana de Arecibo
In the sources consulted (ecclesiastical directories, diocesan documentation, Catholic press and Marian repertories), no diocese or cathedral appears registered in an “Arecibo, department of Arecibo, Colombia”.
🙏 Our Lady of Consolation, Marian co-patron of Arecibo, pray for us.
Santa María, Madre de la Divina Providencia, patrona principal de Puerto Rico, venerada en la Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Juan; advocación de origen italiano introducida en el s. XIX, declarada patrona por Pablo VI en 1969, coronada en 1976. Fiesta 19 de noviembre.
The devotion to Saint Mary, Mother of Divine Providence is of Italian origin, spread mainly by the Barnabite Order from an image venerated in Rome since the 18th century.
🙏 Our Lady, Saint Mary, Mother of Divine Providence, principal patron saint of Puerto Rico, venerated in the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of San Juan; an invocation of Italian origin introduced in the 19th century, declared patron saint by Paul VI in 1969, crowned in 1976. Feast day November 19, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate de Hormigueros
Devotion to Our Lady of Monserrate of Hormigueros arose in the context of the Spanish colonization of Puerto Rico and is linked to the figure of the landowner Giraldo González, of probable Catalan origin, a devotee of the Virgin of…
🙏 Our Lady of Monserrate of Hormigueros, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, venerada en el Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes de Trujillo Alto
The devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes originated from the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in the grotto of Massabielle, in Lourdes (France), between February 11 and July 16, 1858.
🙏 Our Lady of Lourdes, venerated in the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of Trujillo Alto, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Cataño
There is a living and well-documented devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Cataño (Puerto Rico), but there are no accessible sources that specifically mention a similar devotion in Cataño, department of…
🙏 Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Cataño, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Salinas
In the available documentation of the Church in Colombia, the Diocese of Ponce (in Puerto Rico), and in general directories of Marian shrines, there is no record of a specific devotion under the title "Our Lady of Mount Carmel of…
🙏 Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Salinas, pray for us.
Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, venerada en el Santuario Arquidiocesano del Perpetuo Socorro de Santurce
The devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help has its origin in an ancient Byzantine icon of the Virgin with the Child, also known as "Mother of God of the Passion".
🙏 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, venerated in the Archdiocesan Sanctuary of Perpetual Help of Santurce, pray for us.
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