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Framed in the commemorative events celebrated by the Brotherhood of San Ginés de la Jara, last Saturday, April 22, a Eucharist was held in which a vote was taken to confirm the patronage of this saint, agreed on April 27, 1677 by the Town hall.
Before the mass, the image of the patron saint was processed through the streets of Cartagena, before which scapular were given to the attendants, among whom were the mayor of Cartagena, José López, in addition to other members of the municipal corporation , Such as Manuel Padín and Florentina García.
The tour started in the Basilica of La Caridad until the Church of Santa Maria de Gracia, stopping at San Ginés square and at the corner of the four saints, at the junction between Cuatro Santos street and Jara street, to make a sentence.
During the mass, which was also attended by the Second Lieutenant of Mayor, Francisco Jose Calderón, was named as Honorary Sister to Elena Ruiz Valderas and as Honorary Brother, to the Military Arsenal.
In addition the Order of Santa Maria of Spain gave the necklace of adviser to the chaplain of the Brotherhood of San Ginés de la Jara, Lázaro Gomariz, and the Brother of the same one, Victor Javier Navarro.
After the events, baskets with fruits from the Cartagena countryside, which accompanied San Ginés de la Jara on the throne, and the michirones left after the mass, were delivered to the social dining room Jesús Maestro and Pastor.
During these days the Brotherhood of San Ginés commemorates with a Cultural Week the centenary of its refoundation in 1917 and the tenth anniversary of its last reactivation in 2007. For has organized diverse activities lúdico and sport until the 29 of April.
A PROVIDENTIAL CHOICE
These ephemeris also coincide with the providential election of the saint as a patron of Cartagena, who performed the innocent hand of a child extracting his name from the interior of a pitcher, next to the name of other saints of the time.
It was in 1677, when a serious epidemic that attacked the children ravaged the city.
The City Council wanted to implore the mercy of its patron, but nobody knew who it was;
So it was decided his appointment.
Papers with names of several saints were introduced in a pitcher, and a boy drew one with the name of San Gines de La Jara.
But as with the name of San Gines there were already several saints, it was decided to re-enter the name in the chanted and re-draw another.
What was the surprise, when San Gines de la Jara again came out, and so on three consecutive times, finally remembering that San Gines de la Jara was named Patron of Cartagena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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