Our Lady of the Rosary, former principal patron of the island and the lobby of Santo Domingo

Marian devotion of Santo Domingo (National District)

The accessible historical documentation does not contain a specific advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary as "former principal patron of the island and of the Santa Domingo lobby" located in Colombia. It does not appear in general lists of Marian advocations or in synthesis about the Virgin of the Rosary with indication of a Colombian Santo Domingo.

Main data

Origin and history

The accessible historical documentation does not contain a specific advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary as "former principal patron of the island and of the Santa Domingo lobby" located in Colombia. It does not appear in general lists of Marian advocations or in synthesis about the Virgin of the Rosary with indication of a Colombian Santo Domingo.

The devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary in Santo Domingo (capital of the present Dominican Republic)in the process of evangelization and ecclesiastical organization of the Hispanic Caribbean. This devotion is considered one of the first great Dominican Marian devotions in America, but corresponds to the territory of the present Dominican Republic, no de Colombia.

No documentary evidence is found in ecclesial, academic or serious dissemination sources that link this former patron of the Santo Domingo lobby to a location in "Santo Domingo, Department of National District, Colombia". All indicates a transcription or geography error, by moving the description of the Dominican advocation of the Rosario de Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) to an alleged Colombian site. In the absence of verifiable documentation for Colombia, it should be noted that the local history of that title, as formulated, no consta.

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The image and the sanctuary

The general sources of Our Lady of the Rosary describe this advocation, in its typical iconography, as an image of Mary that supports the Child Jesus and carries or presents a rosary, stressing his relationship with this Marian prayer. However, for the specific advocation described (Santo Domingo, "Distrito Nacional," Colombia) no consta a historical and artistic description of the image: no secure data on its material, style, author, period or specific features have been found.

The information available also does not contain a "temple of the ancient convent of the Dominicans" in Santo Domingo, Colombia associated with this advocation of the Rosary. The known historical reference is that of convent and church of the Dominicans in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)today a monument of great historical and heritage, closely linked to the devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary, but located in the Caribbean, not in Colombia.

Consequently, for the location indicated in the consultation (Santo Domingo, National District Department, Colombia) does not contain a Marian shrine of the Rosary with verifiable characteristics, ni as a minor basilica, ni as a national diocesan santuary.

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Sponsorship and coronation

No documents have been found from dioceses, parishes, episcopal conferences or Catholic press sources that explicitly demonstrate that Our Lady of the Rosaryin the configuration described (former main patron of the island and of the Santa Domingo lobby, linked to a Dominican convent located in Colombia), has been proclaimed patron of a city, municipality, diocese or Colombian nation. For this location, the patronage information no consta.

As for a possible canonical coronation of this specific advocation in Colombia, it is not recorded in regular lists of pontifical coronations of the Rosary or in Marian synthesis that mention coronations to images of the Rosary in various countries. Therefore, following the above rules, the following must be stated:

Canon coronation: there is no documented canonical coronation.

It should be stressed that the well-known character of former patron and protector of the Santo Domingo lobby refers to the tradition of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)not to an advocation located in Colombia.

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Party and devotion

La General liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary in the Catholic Church the 7 October, mandatory memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary. This date is common to the entire Latin Church and therefore also to any community that venerates the Virgin under this advocation, except for a different particular celebration.

For the alleged advocation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Santo Domingo (National District, Colombia) no specific references to:

– peregrinaciones organizadas; – novenas o tradiciones populares propias documentadas; – datos de afluencia anual; – celebraciones civiles o religiosas que la reconozcan como patrona local.

The only verifiable reference is of a nature universal: the extension of devotion to the Virgin of the Rosary throughout the Catholic orb, with numerous parishes, co-fradies, processions and parties around October 7, as well as in October, traditionally dedicated to the Rosary. For the specific case raised in Colombia, specific information no consta.

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Link to the Rosary

La advocación de Our Lady of the Rosary is, by its very title, intimately linked to Holy Rosary, contemplative prayer focused on the mysteries of Christ's life, prayed by the hand of Mary. The Marian iconography of the Rosary usually presents the Virgin by giving or holding a rosary, underlining her role as Mother who introduces into the meditation of the mysteries of salvation.

Although there are no specific devotional features for this advocation as it has been located in "Santo Domingo, National District, Colombia," the theological and spiritual relationship with the Rosary is the same as in the rest of the Church: through the persistent prayer of the Rosary, the faithful join the Virgin Mary in contemplating Christ, asking for his intercession and growing in faith, hope and charity.

In the absence of verifiable local data, it can be said only, in general key, that any community that welcomes Our Lady of the Rosary is invited to live his devotion making the Rosary a frequent prayer, both personal and community, in communion with the Dominican tradition and the praying practice of the universal Church.