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Nuestra Señora de Villaviciosa, Cordoba, Spain
Commemorated on September 4
Legend places the appearance of the image in the Portuguese town of Vila Viçosa, in the second half of the fourteenth century. Beautiful and unique is the tradition that speaks with pastoral charm, the finding of the Holy Image of Our Lady of Villaviciosa.
The miraculous image of Our Lady of Villaviciosa is a carved wood, a trio of tall, shapely and even more perfect in itself, and the child effigy, having in your arms, allowing you that your almost incalculable antiquity
History
Villaviciosa de Córdoba is a town in the province of Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain. In 2005 it had 3,657 inhabitants. It is located at an altitude of 693 meters and 43 kilometers from the provincial capital, Córdoba.
Legend places the appearance of the image in the Portuguese town of Vila Viçosa, in the second half of the fourteenth century . Beautiful and unique is the tradition that speaks with pastoral charm, the finding of the Holy Image of Our Lady of Villaviciosa.
TRADITION
It is said that at dawn, when the workers of the steep mountains and Villaviciosa de Évora (Portugal) who were dedicated to repopulate the vineyards in the area, they heard a loud sound, metallic vibration , indicating that hoe one speaks hit the ground with a foreign body. The knock was repeated and curiosity made all interrupt tasks, which, looking at the hole, they noticed a mild exhalations arising thereof.
In the presence of the ecclesiastical and civil, cautiously authorities, they were discovering and soon saw that it was a lead box, short dimensions, buried from remote times. was proceeded to the opening of said housing and between the excitement of all they could look inside a beautiful image of the Virgin.
Convinced that a miracle was taking place, the first led solemnly to the village church and then to a small shrine in his honor was erected in the same vineyard, where appeared.
His fame spread everywhere and celebrate the simple and Portuguese shrine was visited by people from diverse classes and countries getting the glorious effigy by his heavenly power and surprising many miracles.
But the same people who so eloquently demonstrated his pure love for the Queen of Heaven, was slowly leaving the chapel to the point that they were told the people there attending to pay the slightest homage to Our Lady.
IMAGE TRANSFER TO CORDOBA
Among the visitors was distinguished for his assiduity and fervor, a cowboy poor, a native of Spain, named Hernando.
Such was the devotion and affection Hernando professed so blessed image, due to neglect and hardship that the sanctuary was plunged, poured the oil gave to spice up your food at modest temple lamps that shed their light to the Queen of Heaven.
So deep sadness produced in the heart of cowboy behavior followed by the people, led by the intense affection he felt, took a beautiful picture of the altar where he was, and placing it with the utmost respect inside his bag, he started with Load the sacred path Córdoba .
He walked days and days, until stopping at the Cordoba mountain range called the Gamonosas, seven leagues from the city. For those mountains and landscapes, beautiful as she had ever seen, to get a place to deposit and guard their treasure. And in the wide concavity of a leafy oak tree saw .
FIRST ALTAR
This was the first altar and the altarpiece oldest image of the Virgin of Villaviciosa took Cordoba land, which had to give way, over the years, a beautiful shrine in his honor and industrious people, raised in the vicinity , who was to bear the same name of his Mother and Lady.
The peace of the place was soon disturbed by the presence of a large stirred courtship Portuguese gentlemen, after laborious research, had managed to find the whereabouts and the Cowboy, which greedily sought, the missing image of the Virgin .
Despite not making resistance, seized with great precautions and taking your rustic lodge the priceless jewel, they began the return trip.
Many were the praises with which they were received back in their homeland, and many were the punishments that fell on the humble cowboy, who was jailed and prosecuted being sentenced to death by hanging. Not a moment of those fateful moments left Hernando implore the Blessed Virgin of Villaviciosa.
Check in the morning of the execution, the dungeon cowboy had to be taken to the desert Hernando cadalzo remained miraculously had been released from prison and returned to the miraculous image of the Cordoba mountain oak.
Fracasados and eager to revenge the Portuguese crossed the road again and coming back to the Hernando Gamonosas discovered that the tree in front of the Virgin sang his pastoral songs mocking the Portuguese justice.
Apresándole walking back and handcuffed, taken way back to Portugal, with the blessed image. Several days without interruption walked the familiar paths, when at camp in a unique setting to take rest after a long hard day, find that, after such a long journey, are in the same place of departure.
Tested by all that there was no mistaking the Portuguese desist from his intention, admitting, for the miracle to the view that the sacred image of the Virgin of Villaviciosa not want to leave this hidden valley of the Cordoba mountain range.
Then contact the pastor, begging him to forget the suffering that his errors had made him suffer, he handed over their weapons, horses, jewelry, etc., So that the proceeds of sale comenzase to till a small temple which is since called Virgen de Villaviciosa, to preserve the Portuguese toponym.
Some years after seeing completed your business, the humble cowboy died and was buried at the feet of his sovereign Queen, and exposed him his last wish.
MIRACLES AND WONDERS
Not all end here, for great was the expansion of the news of miracles and wonders, said hand image, were taking place.
Mainly it was the city of Cordoba which took up the cause by, igniting the great flame of devotion to the Virgin of Villaviciosa, which, followed pampering and praising lot of Cordoba, which constituted the first Sisterhood and Brotherhood in his honor.
Years later, the Virgin was favored by a sumptuous temple in his honor, vineyards and fields, the fruits destined to so exalted lady , and most importantly she was always surrounded by the love of those around him made his life and came to create a real village with the name of your holy Mother we all now know.
FORTUNES OF THE PICTURE
The first vicissitude of the image of Our Lady of Villaviciosa occurs when one reached the Gamonosas antequerano pastor, to the years 1520-1525, in order to keep their cattle in these mountains, begins to profess their faith so happy image Virgin.
Over time, the pastor, in love with the unique beauty of the Lady and attracted by the charming tradition of Hernando, decides to follow in his footsteps, taking the image again from the chapel of the Cordoba mountain range and taking her in his bag to his land Antequera.
Come to their land, the pastor presented the venerated image without giving account of his theft, the venerable father and his friend Fray Martin de las Cruces, which placed on the high altar of the monastery of which he was a minister and gave the same name of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, who owned the Convent
Image was recognized two years, by a Cordovan gentleman, who realized the chapter and the bishop, so determined to take charge of the measure of restitution image Córdoba Dean Don Juan Fernández de Córdoba.
After overcoming many difficulties, the refusal of Antequera town, the image was brought to Cordova where in the Field of Truth, expecting the Ecclesiastical Council to offer a big party with a solemn Mass of thanksgiving and then move it to Church Cathedral, whose altar was placed.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF DEVOTION
Since then, begins the new era, which could well be called the golden age of devotion to the Virgin of Villaviciosa, mainly comprising the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
To confirm this, suffice to say that were 22 times the image was brought from its shrine to the mountain town celebrated many festivals and processions in his honor, on the occasion of public calamities and serious needs.
After the theft of Antequera, as it is called, the first brought was in 1529, during construction of the new sanctuary for God the benefit of the rain, and the last in 1698, date from which the image is guarded by the Chapter of the Cathedral Church.
In the mountain village, is venerated since 1763 a copy of it which was canonically crowned in 1988.
IMAGE AND COPIES
The prodigious image of Nuestra Señora de Villaviciosa is a carved wood, a trio of tall, shapely and even more perfect in itself, and the child effigy, having in her arms, which which allows its age almost incalculable.
Today, you can not see the primitive sculpture over the heads of the Virgin and Child, because everything else was silver lined by Bishop Bernardo de Fresneda Fr. D in 1577. The cover is taken with screws on the sides and signed by the silversmith Rodrigo de León, although it is known that he helped in the work of Sebastian Cordoba, is unusual in that the child sits on the left shoulder of his mother and what this held in one hand.
FIRST COPY
The first copy was performed on this original image, not documented in his authorship or the date thereof, is made by our Brotherhood, apparently by the year 1525 and perhaps following the theft to Antequera from the original image, so that in the long absences of this when taken to the mountains, the faithful brothers and Cordoba had the good fortune to worship the Virgin of Villaviciosa, here in the parish.
This copy of the original image is about eight inches high and is now located inside the current image, which the Brotherhood worships.
Another statue of the Virgin was made in 1763, after the town of Villaviciosa patiently wait his return from the end of the previous century. To offset this loss, the council ordered back to which the faithful of that people could go to their feet for the comfort that had always given them.
TWO IMAGES most revered
The first , as tradition has it being on October 9, 1680, the province suffered a significant earthquake. When this amazing earthwork, was in the mountains, at the foot of the hill of the hermitages, called from prison, a boy named Bartholomew seven years Pedrosa when he was met by a horrible snake and jumped fleeing a boulder.
Turning his face to see if he was, he saw a small picture of the Blessed Virgin, who took home the Rector of St. Marina, D Fernando Davila, who gave him the title of Our Lady of Villaviciosa and subsequently the donated to the newly founded Cistercian monastery.
The second, in Seville, in the hospital of the Holy Spirit, and in 1582 there was a brotherhood of Our Lady of Light Villaviciosa, founded by the Genoese Tomas Pessaro. In 1587 the brotherhood goes to the oratory of Columbus where it merges with the Holy Burial, who was there.
The image of life-size dress is a painful work of sculptor Antonio de Quirós. Today is in the convent of San Gregorio, where every Holy Saturday accompanies her Son Lying in the step called Duel.