Our Lady of Linares
Spain (1808)
The first time the image of Our Lady of Linares was moved to Cordoba was in 1808, when the French invasion, whose troops, under General Dupont, were about to enter the city. In the afternoon of Saturday June 4, 1808, at the sanctuary of Our Lady of Help, many priests and people came through the door processed with the image of Our Lady of Linares along with Saint Fernando and accompanied by all the inhabitants of the province, including soldiers, cheered to the ringing of bells and proclaimed her “The Invincible General.”
The procession went through the Cross Trail to the parish of St. Peter, in whose church the images were deposited. The feast \day is celebrated on June 29 to commemorate Reconquista in 1236.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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