page_title: Virgin of Miracles
section_title: Traditions and legends
hierarchical_section_title: Virgin of Miracles / History / Traditions and legends
caption_attribution_description: Mapa Topográfico de Huelva y los Lugares colombinos, del siglo XVIII. Spain.
context_page_description: The Virgin of Miracles or Saint Mary of La Rábida is a religious Roman Catholic image venerated at the La Rabida Monastery in the city of Palos de la Frontera.
  The image is in Gothic style, from approximately the 13th century, carved in alabaster. It was an exceptional witness to the historic events of the Discovery of the Americas. Before it, prayed men like Columbus, The Pinzon Brothers, and the men who participated in the first expeditions of Columbus and in subsequent ones that departed to the Americas from this zone. Likewise, in their visits to the Franciscan monastery, many prostrated themselves, among others, Hernán Cortés, Gonzalo de Sandoval and Francisco Pizarro.
  Although it was dated towards the late 13th century or the early 14th century, included in the popular tradition and the legends is an ancient codex of 1714 from Fray Felipe de Santiago; it has been given an apostolic origin and some notable incarnations, like her apparition in the sea after the completion of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania
  among the nets of some fishermen from Huelva.
context_section_description: Among the most notable legends that circle the image are:
  The supposed apostolic origin of the image. Refers to the relocation of the image from the Holy Land to Palos, and that it was a work of Luke the Evangelist.
  The Virgin during the period of Arabian domination. Tells of how the image was deposited in the sea to avoid being desecrated by the Saracens until it was ready to be rescued at a better time.
  The joyous find at Sea. Recounts the apparition of the Virgin among the nets of some fishermen from Huelva and its subsequent crowning in the Franciscan monastery.
  Both Fr. Angel Ortega and Fr. Sebastian Garcia among other authors repeat the tales, all of them largely inspired by the cited codex of 1714.
caption: Topographic Map of the la Villa de Huelva and the Lugares colombinos 1755.
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