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Photographer: Tim Fillmon
Taken: October 31, 2017
Caption: Historic Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
Additional Description: The marker to the left reads:

Our Lady of La Leche
The present chapel is the fourth building on this foundation. Erected first by 1615 this Shrine of Our Lady fell victim three times – to war, pirates and storms. The last reconstruction began in 1918.

The devotion to Our Lady of La Leche honors the divine motherhood of Mary. The Spanish designation is Nuestra Señora de la Lecha y Buen Parto (Our Lady of the Milk and Happy Delivery).

This devotion to Mary as patroness of mothers and mothers-to-be was brought to Nombre de Dios from Spain in 1603.
Submitted: December 8, 2017, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p407484
File Size: 7.391 Megabytes

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