However, the statue was stolen and taken away to Lanzarote. He told the mencey of his conversion and the statue was thus venerated by the Guanches, who moved it to the cave of Achbinico (also known as San Blas – " Saint Blaise"). Later, Antón, a Guanche who had been enslaved and converted to Christianity by the Castilians, returned to Tenerife and recognized the statue as that of the Virgin Mary. The statue was taken by the local guanche mencey to the cueva de Chinguaro. 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. This was before the Castilian conquest of the island of Tenerife (the island was not fully conquered until 1496).
The Municipality of Silang in the province of Cavite, Philippines, also celebrates her feast day from February 1 to 3, with February 2 the main feast day.Īccording to a legend recorded by Alonso de Espinosa in 1594, a statue of the Virgin Mary, bearing a child in one hand and a green candle in the other (hence "Candelaria"), was discovered on the beach of Chimisay ( Güímar) by two Guanche goatherds in 1392. She is also the patroness of the Western Visayas region enshrined in Jaro Cathedral or the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Candles under the Archdiocese of Jaro (with feast day every 2 February) in the Philippines, and Tatala, one of the barangays in Binangonan, Rizal (also in the Philippines), which celebrates her feast day every February 2. Her feast is celebrated on February 2 ( Fiesta de la Candelaria) and August 15, the patronal feast of the Canary Islands. The "Royal Basilica Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria" ( Basilica of Candelaria) is considered the main church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the Canary Islands and she is the patron saint of the Canary Islands. The center of worship is located in the city of Candelaria in Tenerife. The Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of Candle ( Spanish: Virgen de Candelaria or Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria), popularly called La Morenita, celebrates the Virgin Mary on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands (Spain). Every February 2 (Tatala) īlack Madonna with baby in her right hand and a candle in her left hand, embroidered mantle, gilded coronation crownĬanary Islands as well as Cabildo de Tenerife Oruro and La Paz (Bolivia), Medellín (Colombia), Puno (Peru), Lajas (Puerto Rico), Mayagüez (Puerto Rico), Manatí (Puerto Rico), Western Visayas (Philippines), Tatala, Binangonan, Rizal (Philippines), Paracale, Camarines Norte (Philippines) and Silang, Cavite (Philippines) February 2 in Jaro, Iloilo City and the whole Western Visayas in the Philippines. Īugust 14–15 (on Tenerife and the Canary Islands), and on 2 February (also on this day in Tenerife, although minor festival). This is its main sanctuary, a place where it has its origin as a Marian invocation. īasilica of Candelaria ( Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria), Tenerife (Canary Islands). Virgin of Candelaria, Saint Patron of the Canary Islands.
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