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On Saturday, November 10, the feast of the patron saint of old Cartagena, the Virgen del Rosell, Cartagena City Council will hold its traditional votive feature the Four Saints.
This will fulfill a promise made ​​at the time of the storm of Santa Catalina in 1694, which was about to devastate the city.
The ceremony will take place during a Mass that from 19.30 hours, will officiate the vicar general of the Diocese of Cartagena, Juan Garcia Tudela, in the Church of Santa Maria de Gracia.
The tradition dates back to this vote the night of November 24, 1694, the day of St. Catherine, in a storm that struck the city and was about to raze.
Miraculously it was not and was attributed their salvation to the prayers that went to Cartagena Four Saints and the Virgin of Rosell.
The Corporation decided to make every year an act of gratitude to the Four Saints and the Virgin of Rosell, who has been held since then, first in the old cathedral and later, in Santa Maria de Gracia.
Votive function, as is known to this act, the place in the offertory Social Care Councilman, Antonio Calderon, who deposited a basket of flowers at the altar and kiss the relics of Four Saints.
After the Eucharist will take place a wreath at the Virgen del Rosell by authorities, civil organizations, brotherhoods, associations, religious associations, faithful and devotees in general
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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