Virgin of Candelaria
Virgin of Candelaria | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
Major shrine | Basilica of Candelaria (Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria), Tenerife (Canary Islands). This is its main sanctuary, a place where it has its origin as a Marian invocation.[2] |
Feast | August 14–15 (on Tenerife and the Canary Islands), and on 2 February (also on this day in Tenerife, although minor festival). February 2 in Candelaria, Quezon, February 2 in Jaro, Iloilo City and the whole Western Visayas in the Philippines. Every February 2 (Tatala)[3]
February 1–3 Paracale, Camarines Norte (Philippines) and Silang, Cavite (Philippines) |
The Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of Candle (
She was the secondary Patroness of Municipality of
Legend and appearance
According to a legend recorded by
One of the shepherds tried to throw a stone at the statue, but his arm became paralysed; the other tried to stab the statue with a knife but ended up stabbing himself.
Later,
After the appearance of the Virgin and its iconographic identification with this biblical event, the festival began to be celebrated with a Marian character in 1497, when the conqueror
The original statue was a
Veneration
The first Mass was celebrated at Achbinico on February 2, 1497, and the Adelantado Alonso Fernández de Lugo ordered the construction of a hermitage there, but it was not built until 1526, during the rule of Pedro Fernández de Lugo.[8] This was the site of the Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria. The basilica was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in the 19th century.[4] The statue itself was lost when a tsunami carried it out to sea in 1826; the present statue is a copy by Fernando Estévez.[4] The statue of the Virgin is dressed in rich robes of different colors and jewels.
She was declared patroness of the Canary Islands in 1599, by
.Between October 1964 and January 1965, the Diocese of Tenerife conducted the largest pilgrimage in the history of the Canary Islands. This time, the statue of the Virgin was walked across the towns, cities and municipalities of the island of Tenerife for the first time in history.
In the basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth (Israel) is a mosaic of the Virgin of Candelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands,[9] along with those of other Marian devotions famous in Spain.[10]
Every year on February 2 and August 15 is celebrated a big party in honor of the Virgin. These days there are thousands of pilgrims and tourists coming to Candelaria from all points of the Canary Islands and other parts of Spain and the world. The feast day is marked by a solemn procession and a religious ceremony, although its most famous component is a re-enactment of the discovery of the statue, with locals dressing up as guanche natives.[11]
In addition to that, every seven years the image of the Virgin of Candelaria is transferred for two weeks to the cities of
In the predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines, the Virgin of Candelaria is venerated as Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria). Notable of many images in various places where she is a patroness of, the one enshrined in Jaro Cathedral (National Shrine of the Our Lady of Candles) as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Jaro" in Iloilo City is visited by pilgrims from around the country and abroad annually every February 2, her feast day. In 1981 Pope John Paul II during his visit canonically crowned the image without a papal legate, the first marian image to receive such stature in the Philippines and Asia.
Shrines
Basilica of Candelaria and Cueva de Achbinico
The first great Sanctuary to the Virgin of Candelaria was constructed in 1668. After a fire destroyed the ancient basilica, a larger church (the current basilica) was built. The current basilica dates to 1959. It was constructed on a former hermitage, and can hold 5,000 people.
The
National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles (Jaro Cathedral)
The
).Her image perched atop the facade of Jaro Cathedral is the first and only marian image crowned personally without a papal legate by a pope and saint in the Philippines and Asia, by Pope John Paul II. The image of Our Lady of Candelaria of Jaro is considered as the oldest Virgin of Candelaria image in the country.
Diocesan Shrine of the Our Lady of Candelaria (Silang, Cavite)
The
Virgen de Candelaria Chapel (Tatala, Binangonan, Rizal)
This is the only chapel in Binangonan, Rizal, that venerates the image of Virgen de Candelaria. Its feast day is celebrated every February 2 with the blessing of the candles and a Solemn Mass. After the Mass, there is a traditional Pandanggo or Processional dance in honor to the Our Lady of Candelaria of Tatala.
Strange letters on the original carving of the Virgin
In the carved drapery of the Virgin of Candelaria original there were strange sequences of letters whose meaning is still unknown. These were:
- Band on the neck: ETIEPFSEPMERI
- In the belt: NARMPRLMOTARE
- On the left sleeve, by the candle: LPVRINENIPEPNEIFANT
- In the mantle, in the right arm: OLM INRANFR IAEBNPFM RFVEN NVINAPIMLIFINVIPI NIPIAN
- At the edge of the left hand: FVPMIRNA ENVPMTI EPNMPIR VRVIVINRN APVIMFRI PIVNIAN NTRHN
- At the bottom of the robe: EAFM IRENINI FMEAREI
- On the back of the cape: NBIMEI ANNEIPERFMIVIFVF
There have been numerous theories proposed regarding possible meanings over the years, including that the evangelizing friars of the Canary Islands wrote devotions to the Virgin Mary in the context of the original (Insular-Amazigh) Guanche language, while attempting to transcribe them into Roman letters.[13]
In the Americas and Philippines
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The cult of the Virgin of Candelaria swept America due to the emigration of Canarians. They brought the devotion as a symbol of their culture, somewhat similar to the diffusion of the cult of
She is widely venerated in South America and the Caribbean, where she is the patroness of
In the
In the
The first church of Dilao (now the District of Paco in Manila) was initially dedicated to the Virgen de Candelaria, until its Parish was named to San Fernando. Until now, the Virgin is considered the secondary patroness and attributions are manifested throughout the post war church structure.
Syncretism
The Virgin of Candelaria is identified or syncretized with other holy entities from other religions:[14]
- In Guanche mythology, the Virgin of Candelaria was identified as Chaxiraxi, and her son Chijoraji.
- In Oba.
- In Brazilian Candomblé, the Virgin of Candelaria is identified with Oshun.
- For Andean religions, this dedication is linked to the cult to the Pachamama(Mother Earth).
- The .
Gallery
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Virgen de la Candelaria, Tenerife
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Tenerife
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Statue of the Guanche mencey Añaterve. Candelaria, Tenerife
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The Jaro Cathedral (National Shrine of Our Lady of Candles) in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines
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Diocesan Shrine of the Our Lady of Candelaria in Silang, Cavite, Philippines
See also
- Basilica of Candelaria
- Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Candelária (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau)
- Cristo de La Laguna
- Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria (Medellín, Colombia)
- Iglesia de la Candelaria
- es:Virgen de la Candelaria (Islas Canarias) (Spanish Wikipedia)
- Candelária Church (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria(Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y San Matías (Manatí, Puerto Rico)
- Yemoja(Brazil, Uruguay)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Virgen De Candelaria - Islas Canarias". Mercaba.org. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Presentación de Jesús al templo (Fiesta de la Candelaria) y origen de la advocación
- ^ "Tenerife Festivals". Whattenerife.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ a b c d "Diva International.The Black Madonna : Virgin of Candelaria". Divainternational.ch. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Medio siglo de fervor en Candelaria
- ^ Historia de la Virgen de Candelaria, en página de turismo de Tenerife
- ^ Álvarez Delgado, Juan (1949). Sistema de Numeración Norteafricano. A. Numerales Canarios.- B. Sistema Numeral Norteafricano: Caracteres. Estudio de lingüística comparada sobre el sistema de numeración y cómputo de los aborígenes de Canarias. Madrid: Instituto Antonio de Nebrija (CSIC).
- ^ "Historia:docs:Milagros Virgen Candelaria". Mgar.net. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "Cristianos en Tierra Santa". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ^ La patrona extremeña será entronizada en la basílica de la Anunciación ("The Extremaduran patron will be installed in the basilica of the Annunciation"). 26/02/2012, in elperiodicoextremadura.com.
- ^ "All roads lead to Candelaria for Virgin worship - Daily News - Tenerife - ISLANDCONNECTIONS.EU". www.islandconnections.eu. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ "La Virgen de Candelaria ha visitado la ciudad 38 veces". eldia.es (in European Spanish). 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "Virgen de Candelaria, syncretism". Saadaya.blogspot.com. 2004-02-27. Archived from the original on 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
External links
- Official Website of the Basilica of Candelaria Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Virgen de Candelaria (in Spanish)
- The Black Madonna: Virgin of Candelaria