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|holiday_name=Virgen de los Angeles Day
|name = Virgen de los Ángeles
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|caption=Our Lady of the Angels at the main altar of the [[Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Cartago)|Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles]]
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|observedby=[[Costa Rica]]
|location = [[Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Cartago)|Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles]], [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]]
|scheduling=same day each year
|date=2 August
|date = 2 August 1635
|witness = Juana Pereira
|type=Historical
|type = [[Marian apparition]]
|significance=Celebration of Costa Rica's patron saint
|approval = 25 April 1926 ([[canonical coronation]] granted by [[Pope Pius XI]])
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The '''Virgen de los Angeles''' (Virgin of the Angels) is [[Costa Rica]]'s [[patron saint]], also known as ''La Negrita''.
The '''{{lang|es|Virgen de los Ángeles}}''' ({{literally|Virgin of the Angels}}) is [[Costa Rica]]'s [[patron saint]], also known as {{lang|es|la negrita}} ({{literally|the little black lady}}). August second is a national holiday in Costa Rica dedicated to her.<ref>{{cite web |title=Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica/central-valley-and-highlands/cartago/sights/religious-spiritual/basilica-nuestra-senora}} [[Lonely Planet]]</ref>

'''Dia de la Virgen de los Ángeles''' ([[English language|''English'']]: '''Day of the Virgin of the Angels''') is a Costa Rican holiday celebrating the Virgen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica/central-valley-and-highlands/cartago/sights/religious-spiritual/basilica-nuestra-senora|title=Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles}} (English: [[Lonely Planet]] website entry</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
According to tradition, '''La Negrita''', ''the Black Virgin'', is a small (less than a meter tall), probably [[Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica|indigenous]] or [[mixed race]], representation of the [[Virgin Mary]] found on 2 August 1635 by a native woman. As the story goes, when she tried to take the statuette with her, it miraculously reappeared twice back where she had found it. The townspeople then built a shrine around the statue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.therealcostarica.com/category/religion-in-costa-rica|title=The Pilgrimage to Cartago}}</ref>
According to tradition, {{lang|es|la negrita}} is a small (about {{convert|3|in|cm}}), probably [[Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica|indigenous]] or [[mixed race]], representation of the [[Virgin Mary]] found on 2 August 1635 by a native woman named Juana Pereira. As the story goes, when she tried to take the statuette with her, it miraculously reappeared twice back where she had found it. The townspeople then built a shrine around the statue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.therealcostarica.com/category/religion-in-costa-rica|title=The Pilgrimage to Cartago}}</ref>

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In 1824, the Virgin was declared Costa Rica’s patron saint. La Negrita now resides on a gold, jewel-studded platform at the main altar in the [[Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Cartago)|Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles]] in [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]]. Each 2 August, on the anniversary of the statuette’s miraculous discovery, pilgrims from every corner of the country (and beyond) walk the 22&nbsp;km from [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] to the [[basilica]]. Many of the [[penitent]] complete the last few hundred meters of the [[pilgrimage]] on their knees. This basilica is equally visited by tourists and locals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanegritadelosangeles.blogspot.com/2008/07/historia-en-la-maana-del-2-de-agosto.html|title=NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS ANGELES}}</ref>


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In 1824, the Virgin was declared Costa Rica's patron saint. {{lang|es|La negrita}} now resides on a gold, jewel-studded platform at the main altar in the [[Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Cartago)|Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles]] in [[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]]. Each 2 August, on the anniversary of the statuette's discovery, pilgrims travel {{convert|22|km|mi}} from [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] to the basilica. Many of the [[penitent]] complete the last few hundred meters of the [[pilgrimage]] on their knees. This basilica is equally visited by tourists and locals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanegritadelosangeles.blogspot.com/2008/07/historia-en-la-maana-del-2-de-agosto.html|title=NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS ANGELES}}</ref>
[[Pope Pius XI]] authorized the [[canonical coronation]] of the image by decree of 20 October 1924, granted to Bishop Rafael Otón Castro y Jimenez. The coronation ceremony was carried out on 25 April 1926.


In 2014, a replica of the statue was enthroned in the [[Vatican City]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-11 |title=Costa Rica's patron saint to be enthroned in the Vatican |url=https://ticotimes.net/2014/03/11/costa-ricas-patron-saint-to-be-enthroned-in-the-vatican |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=The Tico Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[Pope Pius XI]] authorized the [[canonical coronation]] of the image. The coronation ceremony was carried out in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latin American Titles of Mary : University of Dayton, Ohio |url=https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/l/latin-american-titles-of-mary.php |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=udayton.edu}}</ref> In 2014, a replica of the statue was enthroned in the [[Vatican City]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-11 |title=Costa Rica's patron saint to be enthroned in the Vatican |url=https://ticotimes.net/2014/03/11/costa-ricas-patron-saint-to-be-enthroned-in-the-vatican |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=The Tico Times |language=en-US}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Latest revision as of 05:55, 25 November 2024

"La negrita" redirects here. For other uses, see Negrita.
Virgen de los Ángeles
La negrita in the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles
LocationBasílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, Cartago
Date2 August 1635
WitnessJuana Pereira
TypeMarian apparition
Approval25 April 1926 (canonical coronation granted by Pope Pius XI)
PatronageCosta Rica
Feast day2 August

The Virgen de los Ángeles (lit. 'Virgin of the Angels') is Costa Rica's patron saint, also known as la negrita (lit. 'the little black lady'). August second is a national holiday in Costa Rica dedicated to her.[1]

Background

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According to tradition, la negrita is a small (about 3 inches (7.6 cm)), probably indigenous or mixed race, representation of the Virgin Mary found on 2 August 1635 by a native woman named Juana Pereira. As the story goes, when she tried to take the statuette with her, it miraculously reappeared twice back where she had found it. The townspeople then built a shrine around the statue.[2]

In 1824, the Virgin was declared Costa Rica's patron saint. La negrita now resides on a gold, jewel-studded platform at the main altar in the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles in Cartago. Each 2 August, on the anniversary of the statuette's discovery, pilgrims travel 22 kilometres (14 mi) from San José to the basilica. Many of the penitent complete the last few hundred meters of the pilgrimage on their knees. This basilica is equally visited by tourists and locals.[3]

Pope Pius XI authorized the canonical coronation of the image. The coronation ceremony was carried out in 1926.[4] In 2014, a replica of the statue was enthroned in the Vatican City.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles". Lonely Planet
  2. ^ "The Pilgrimage to Cartago".
  3. ^ "NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS ANGELES".
  4. ^ "Latin American Titles of Mary : University of Dayton, Ohio". udayton.edu. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Costa Rica's patron saint to be enthroned in the Vatican". The Tico Times. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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