Virgin of Los Remedios

[2][3] Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios is the patron saint of Cártama, where she is said to have cured people affected by a plague epidemic in 1579.

[4] The Virgin of Los Remedios is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, the island of Tenerife, and the city of Cali, Colombia.

According to legend, one of Cortés's soldiers, Gonzalo Rodríguez de Villafuerte, was carrying a small image of the Virgin Mary and hid her under a maguey plant in order to retrieve and pay homage to her later if he survived.

Another legend states that this image appeared at the Cerro de los Pajaros, where a chapel was built in 1574, which later was expanded in 1628 with a vaulted roof and cupola.

It was proclaimed a patroness of Spain and the “guardian of the Spanish Army.”[6] The purpose of this was to counter Miguel Hidalgo’s use of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a symbol of his independence movement.