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September 8 Romeria de Santa María de la Cabeza in Yecla
The saintly María Toribia was the wife of San Isidro and is revered in Yecla
The annual romería to mark the feast day of Santa María de la Cabeza takes place in Yecla this year on Sunday 8th September, with the procession beginning at 18.00 at the Teatro Concha Segura.
The group then makes its way to the church of San Isidro, where at 19.00 a musical Mass will be held with the participation of the Grupo Folclórico Arabí and the Peñas, Reinas, Damas and Federación de Peñas de San Isidro.
San Isidro “El Labrador”, the patron of agriculture and farmers, is widely revered in Yecla and his feast day is celebrated on 15th May. He was a Spanish peasant farmer in the 11th century and María Toribia, his wife, died in 1175 and is known as Santa María de la Cabeza ("Saint Mary of the Head"). She hailed originally from the province of Guadalajara and later lived with Isidoro in the region of Madrid, bearing a son, Illan.
One day the boy is said to have fallen down a well and his parents began to pray as they could not rescue him, but miraculously, the water level rose and the baby was easily rescued unharmed. The couple then devoted themselves to sexual abstinence as a form of devotion and lived apart.
Another story is similar to Jesus feeding the 5,000, with a stew pot miraculously refilling itself when unexpected guests arrived at her home. María is most often depicted, like her husband, holding agricultural tools such as a sickle or a rake.
Image 1: Diocesis of Málaga
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