Virgin of Monserrat. Patroness of Monserrat (Barcelona) and of Catalonia

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Virgin of Monserrat. Patroness of Monserrat (Barcelona) and of Catalonia

The virgin of Montserrat, known popularly as "the Moreneta" is the patroness of the Catalonia diocese. It is put in the monastery of Montserrat, is a symbol for Catalonia and has converted in a point of peregrination for believing and on a visit obliged for the tourists.According to the legend, the first image of the Montserrat virgin found it a few young shepherds in the 880. After seeing a light in the mountain, the childrens found the image of the virgin in the inside of a cave. when paying of the news the bishop, tried to move the image until the city of Manresa but the transfer was impossible since the statue weighed too. The bishop interpreted it as the desire of the virgin to remain in the place in which she is had found and arranged the construction of the hermitage of Santa María, origin of the current monastery.The image that at present it is scallop shell is a Romanesque chat of the carried out XII century in wood of poplar. represent to the virgin with the seated child in your lap and measures a few 95 centimeters of height. In your right hand it maintains a sphere that symbolizes the universe; the child has the lofty right hand as a sign of benediction while that in the left hand it maintains a blow.http ://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgen_de_Montserrat

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