Day Virgen del Valle patroness of Nueva Esparta University
According to the religious tradition of our country, Our Lady of the Valley is considered the patron saint of eastern Venezuela, to be venerated with special devotion on the island of Margarita. Each September 8 is celebrated the day, when thousands of pilgrims who come to venerate in their shrine in the Valley of Margarita, near Porlamar. The festivities last for several days, and each of them, the Virgin wears a beautiful dress designed with fabrics provided by his devotees. At the beginning of the conquest, the English founded on the island of Cubagua, the city of Nueva Cadiz. Soon the city grew rapidly from the extraction of pearls that thronged its seas.
During this period the inhabitants of Nueva Cadiz Spain commissioned a statue of the Immaculate Conception to put the city under their protection. The image came to Cubagua in 1530, but a few years later, on December 25, 1541, a hurricane devastated New Cadiz and with it the church where he was the image of the Virgin. To miraculously save the image of the Virgin, the villagers decided to put it except Cubagua new cataclysms, carrying it in 1542 to a ranch in El Valle de la Isla de Margarita, where he built a small hermitage. Over time the place was named to the image, which became known as the Virgen del Valle.
In 1608, Margarita Island experienced a major drought. For this reason, Margarita decided to take the Virgin carried in procession to Assumption. According to the testimonies we have of the time, at the time the procession reached the city, the sky turned black and soon began to precipitate heavy rain on the island. In addition to the above account, there are several legends about the Virgen del Valle. According to one of these, the image of the Virgin was painted by the angels who led the Indians so she would protect them from the abuses of the conquistadores. Guaiqueríes Some found it on some bushes and took a Palguarime to build there a chapel. However, shortly after the Virgin appeared again in the place where he had been found. Finally, the Indians understood that was where the Virgin wanted to be worshiped and he built a chapel that eventually would transform the sanctuary today.
Day Virgen del Valle patroness of Nueva Esparta University
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