Nuestra Señora Purísima de las 40 Horas (Limache, Valparaiso, Quillota, Chile) , 1831 - Fourth Sunday of February
The story goes that in 1831, fishermen found a chest floating in the sea; inside was a beautiful statue of the Virgin in a white robe and dark blue mantle. Devotion remained private for many years, but eventually grew to the point that the statue was...
Virgen de Loreto, Mutxamel, Alicante (Valencia, Spain) , 1513 - March 1
The Church of San Salvador in Mutxamel was built in 1511. In 1513 a painter came to town from Biar, some 30 miles north, with three works to sell for 28 cents apiece, a fair but hefty sum at that place and time. San Salvador Church still had no proce...