La Virgen del Mar is the patron saint of Santander
since 1979. To this shrine comes whole ship’s crews after hard times onboard.
The Santander bishopric chronicle that the carving appears floating in the
coast, so it may come from a shipwreck. The people who lived nearby tried to
build the shrine in Rostrío, but the very next day the building materials
appear back where the carving was found. They take heed of the message and
erect the shrine in the isle of San Román de la Llanilla.
The location of the shrine
of La Virgen del Mar is near the sea. This cause the partially destruction
during the storms. Perhaps its biggest destruction was at the end of the
seventeenth century. The first shrine dates from about 1400 but there was
another after because it is known that there was an ancient shrine in 1315.
Few days after the
festivity as the patron saint of Santander, the icon of the Virgin is carried
in a night procession with light torches to the parish of San Román. Then, in
her big day, is also carried back in a procession led by the bishop and the
mayor of Santander to his former place, the shrine of La Virgen del Mar. That
day, the city council offers a free lunch outdoors to every one that is in the
isle. This lunch consists of the typical Cocido Montañés (highland stew) and
Sardinada (a barbeque of sardines). In the afternoon there are several
activities and the festivity is finish with a traditional ‘romeria’.
La Virgen del Mar is the patron saint of Santander
since 1979. To this shrine comes whole ship’s crews after hard times onboard.
The Santander bishopric chronicle that the carving appears floating in the
coast, so it may come from a shipwreck. The people who lived nearby tried to
build the shrine in Rostrío, but the very next day the building materials
appear back where the carving was found. They take heed of the message and
erect the shrine in the isle of San Román de la Llanilla.
The location of the shrine
of La Virgen del Mar is near the sea. This cause the partially destruction
during the storms. Perhaps its biggest destruction was at the end of the
seventeenth century. The first shrine dates from about 1400 but there was
another after because it is known that there was an ancient shrine in 1315.
The festivity of La
Virgen del Mar it is held on Pentecost Monday, that is, 51 after the
Resurrection Sunday. That is why every year it changes the date.
Few days after the
festivity as the patron saint of Santander, the icon of the Virgin is carried
in a night procession with light torches to the parish of San Román. Then, in
her big day, is also carried back in a procession led by the bishop and the
mayor of Santander to his former place, the shrine of La Virgen del Mar. That
day, the city council offers a free lunch outdoors to every one that is in the
isle. This lunch consists of the typical Cocido Montañés (highland stew) and
Sardinada (a barbeque of sardines). In the afternoon there are several
activities and the festivity is finish with a traditional ‘romeria’.
-Marta.
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