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Triunfo de la Virgen de la CandelariaTriumph of the Virgin of Candelaria |
Pasquale Bocciardo
1778 |
The Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of Candelaria (Spanish: Virgen de Candelaria or Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria), popularly called La Morenita, celebrates the Virgin Mary on the island of Tenerife. The center of worship is located in the city of Candelaria. She is depicted as a Black Madonna. The Royal Basilica Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria (Basilica of Candelaria) is considered the main church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the Canary Islands and she is the patron saint of the Canary Islands. According to a legend recorded by Alonso de Espinosa in 1594, a statue of the Virgin Mary, bearing a child in one hand and a green candle in the other (hence "Candelaria"), was discovered on the beach of Chimisay (Güïmar) by two Guanche goatherds in 1392. This was before the Castilian conquest of the island of Tenerife (the island was not fully conquered until 1496).
In 1778 the marble monument "Triunfo de la Candelaria" was inaugurated as a gift to the city from Captain Bartolomé Antonio Montañés. In order to exhibit his opulence and show his particular devotion to the Island's Patron Saint, he brought this work from a Genoese workshop. It is a 11 m high column with a statue of the Virgin of Candelaria, with at the base four Guanche kings who pay homage to the statue. On the column is the text 'PLAZA REAL'. The sculptures are by Bocciardo. The base and the column were probably commissioned from a peninsular workshop. The inscription dated 1778 on the four faces of the pyramid reflects its donor and explains its meaning. That date is the date of its final completion, as the sculptures had been on the island for ten years.
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A expensas, y cordial deuocion del Capitan dn Bartholomé Antonio Montañez Castellano perpetuo del Castillo Real de la Marina de Candelaria Año de Nero Señor Iesu Christi MDCCLXXVIII el X del Pontificado de Nero SS. Padre Clemente XIII Y el IX de la Proclamacion en Madrid de Nero Catholico Rey y Senor D Carlos III. |
Esta Sacra Pyramide se erige Monumento de Christiana Piedad Para eterna memoria De la maravillosa aparicion de CANDELARIA Imagen de MARIA Santissima, cuyo sagrado Bulto adoraron en esta Isla los Gentiles 104 años antes de la predicacion del Euangelio |
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Los Regios Succesores de Thenerife coronados de flores y trayendo pro Cetros magestuosos las aridas canillas de su Padre reuerenciaron oculto Numen en esta Santa Imagen, uieron la luz de Dios entre las sombras, y la inuocacaron en todas sus angustias |
Los Christianos Conquistadores la aclamaron Patrocino especial de Thenerife. Los Isleños Patrona general de las Canarias Su Templo es frequentado, sus milagros continuos Adoradla que es Imagen de aquella Augusta Madre de Dios, que por los hombres se hizo Hombre. |
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At the expense, and cordial devotion of Captain dn Bartholomé Antonio Montañez Perpetual Castellan of the Royal Castle of the Navy of Candelaria In the year of Our Lord Jesu Christi 1778 the 10th of the Pontificate of our lord Father Clement XIII And the 9th of the Proclamation in Madrid of our Our Catholic King and Lord Charles III |
This Sacred Pyramid stands as Monument of Christiana Piedad for eternal memory of the miraculous appearance of the Canderia statue of the most holy Mary, whose sacred Lump was worshipped on this Island by the Guanches 104 years before the preaching of the gospel. |
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The Royal Successors of Tenerife crowned with flowers and bringing pro Magestic Scepters? the arid shins? of his Father? Numen was secretly refuted? in this Holy Statue, They saw the light of God in the shadows, and invoked her in all their distress |
The Christian Conquerors acclaimed her special patronage of Tenerife, the islanders as general patron saint of the Canary Islands. Her church is frequented, her miracles continous Adore her she is the statue of that August Mother of God, who for mankind became a man. |
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