THE DEVOTION

THE DEVOTION MARIANA

Three hundred years after the discovery of the image of Our Lady «Bien Aparecida» in the window of the hermitage of Saint Mark, in 1905, she was declared Queen and Mother of the Mountain, that is, patron saint of the diocese and, at that time, of Santander province.

Fifty years after the patronage, on Pentecost Sunday in 1955, the bishop of that time, José Eguinu y Trecu, celebrated the canonical coronation of Our Lady «Bien Aparecida» in “Las estaciones” square of Santander.

When the Autonomous Community of Cantabria was created, the region’s day was established on September 15 of each year, coinciding with the feast of Our Lady «Bien Aparecida».