Villafranca de los Caballeros is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

The wording "de los Caballeros" would be added to the name of "Villafranca" because of some customary events from the time of Middle Ages.

"It happened every year, the day of St. Martin, that the representatives of all villages and towns belonging to the Order of the Knights of St. John gathered at the place, to deal with the use of community pastures.

And for holding, even if it was only for a day, attending people who was considered to be gentlemen (caballeros in Spanish), the town received that surname.

Current building is the result of the enlargement, at the beginning of the 18th century (or perhaps at the end of the 17th), of an old chapel, which was devoted to St. Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary.

The original carving of the Christ was found in the basement of that primitive chapel (perhaps buried there during the Muslim invasions to protect it).

Studies are being made by historians in old archives to find out the truth, but so far all we know is from its legend more than history.