Our Lady of Abarca
Tauste, Spain (1569)
At the church Mudejar Santa Maria, located on a hill at the top of the village, overlooking the mouth of the Ebro River in Arba from the fourteenth century celebrates from April 20th to 24th feasts held in honor of the Virgin of Sancho Abarca, whose feast day is the 21st
The day commemorates the appearance of the holy image of Our Lady of Sancho Abarca on April 7th, 1569.
One hundred years later, the statue was canonically crowned.
In 2007, the church building was renovated and altarpiece of the Coronation of Mary was restored.
Text and image used with permission.
Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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