La Inmaculada de la Puerta de Otuzco, Marian
holy cards collection, ML.031 Box 27, circa 1675-2018. Marian Library,
University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.
Country
Peru
Description La Inmaculada Virgen de la Puerta is located in
Otuzco, Peru. During the 1600s, raids by pirates were common. At the
time, there was a chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in Otuzco. In
1664, when news came of nearby villages being attacked, the residents of Otuzco
put an image of the Virgin of the Immaculate on the entrance to their village
as a symbol of prayer and protection from piracy. Miraculously, they were not
attacked and have since devoted themselves to La Inmaculada Virgen de la
Puerta, or the Immaculate Virgin of the Door.
The
statue itself is 25 centimeters tall and made of wood and plaster. It was
sculpted in Venezuela, ordered by a family in Arequipa, and donated to the city
of Otuzco. She is located just inside by the main doors of her home church. On
her feast day of December 15th, the statue is dressed in a special
garb and processed around the city. In 1943 on October 27th, La
Inmaculada Virgen de la Puerta was crowned by the Archbishop at the 3rd
National Eucharistic Conference of Peru in the city of Intrujillo. She traveled
many places on her way home, finally reaching her destination on December 8th.
There have been a number of visions, apparitions, and miracles attributed to La
Inmaculada Virgen. One is dated back to 1940, when a woman named María Carillo
was traveling when she started suffering severe pain in her throat. The doctor
was doubtful of her recovery. María started praying a Novena to the Virgin,
promising to devote herself to her. By December 15th, the feast of
the Virgin, María Carillo was completely cured. Chávez Castro, Telésforo. Reseña histórico-biográfica del culto a la
Inmaculada Virgen de la Puerta de Otuzco: Patrona del norte del Perú y Reyna de
la paz mundial, Trujillo, Perú: 1959. Marian Library
Researched by Jillian Foster
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Prayer Card:
La Inmaculada de la Puerta de Otuzco, Marian
holy cards collection, ML.031 Box 27, circa 1675-2018. Marian Library,
University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.
Hail Mary
Dios te salve, María. Llena eres de gracia: El Señor es contigo. Bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres. Y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre: Jesús. Santa María, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros pecadores, ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte.
Amen.
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