The holiest place in Malaga

In the northern part of Malaga there are several rocky mountains. They peñon de Miraflores. Theirs. stone-tops have long attracted People's attention. In the rocky slopes These mountains, in many caves, There have long been Christian hermits. It is not known how many centuries. First Written references to these include By the 16th century.

human Quotes, however, supported by such Authoritative historians, as Cristobal Medina Condé, Jesuit Martin de Roa and Antonio Hernandez Morehon claim, That's where the hermits lived. Christians Siriaco and Paula. These are Christian sentenced to death by the Romans Emperors Dioclesian and Maximian. They have been tortured and tortured before. They gave up their faith. Not without target, their executioners They should have burned these Christians. Fire. But the fire didn't want to burn. And then they were stoned on the riverbank. Guadalmedina, in the place where it is now This is Paseo Street. de Martíricos. It happened. June 18, 303. Rumor has it that They were buried in the same stone. where they lived.

Shirako And Paula was canonized. To the saints. Those The caves disappeared, as such, in 19th century. Lisardo Guede - chronicler and the Archivist of the Episcopate of Malaga, He said he saw the remains with his own eyes. These caves-sketes in the 70s of the past century. That's it. There will be a speech.

Urban Council of Malaga (Cabildo), decision n On October 12, 1556, he gave these Land owned by Don Francisco Torres. His descendant is Diego de Torres. and de la Vega and his wife Maria Ponce De Leon, decide to build on these lands monastery de Recoletos Franciscanos de Ntra. Señora de los Ángeles. Work The construction of the monastery was completed. 1584 and 2 January 1585 Monastery consecrated Presence of the monk Pedro de los Angeles President of the Provincial Representation of Franciscans in Andalusia, which came specifically for This case from Seville. This monastery was of particular importance. for the Franciscan monks, as it was dedicated to the small church of Porciúncula de Asís, located Santa Basilica Maria de los Ángeles, located In the town of Asis, where the Order was born Franciscan monks. The Torres family. It has long had close ties with the Franciscans. He also had great influence in the Vatican. Two of them became cardinals. palermo and Monteral.

Don Don Diego de Torres. And dona Maria Ponce de Leon did not live. until the completion of the monastery. But they gave away all their money. to finish the work. And later. buried in a small chapel at the monastery.

monastery It has become a place of pilgrimage for many. Citizens and visitors. Many prominent Malagic nobility representatives received close participation in decoration The monastery church. In The main iconostasis can be seen. Virgen de los Angeles, late 16th century work. tree polychrome painting. Such ancient There are only three saints in Malaga. Spacious choirs on the balcony under the vaults Churches are covered with wooden floors Mudejar style. Over the iconostasis dome painted Franciscans: Sixtus of the Fourth, Sixtus the Fifth, Alexander the Fifth and Nicholas the Fourth. But most important place on the territory The monastery is a cross established by where the saints were buried. Siriaco and Paula - saints - patrons Malaga. At the base of the cross, on marble. You can see the inscriptions in Latin. The story of this event.

Vatican The monastery has many privileges and indulgences. The monastery was built. a guest house that year by year More and more applications have been received from those who wish Visit this holy place. Citizens And the pilgrims carried into the monastery many alms. And A religious order has been granted permission. from the curator of the monastery, the monk Antonio Serrano, settle in the peshers, in the mountains near the monastery. This is how the San Pablo Congregation was formed.

Franciscan monks They helped the Malagas in a selfless way. during the many epidemics that occurred township (and throughout Spain) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Many. The monks died after being infected by the sick. And 1836 The monastery was abolished, as were many semi-empty Monasteries, according to the Mendisabal Law ? Desamortizaciones de Mendizábal) from March 8th years.

Abandoned church, abandoned monastery gardens And the buildings were empty before the epidemic. 1854 cholera. Then they opened. Infirmary for the sick. And then the next one. cholera epidemic in 1885, and again It becomes a cholera barracks, a hospital. After 1885 the monastery was empty. forgotten by all. And in 1893, two people. Don Manuel Casado and Sanchez and Don Francisco Maso and Tarruella don Manuel Casado y Sánchez y don Francisco Masó y Torruella created The League Against Begging and Were They were given the old and no one else. The wrong monastery. It was difficult. funding. Difficult. money, all the time that this has been Charitable organization. But It still exists today. They were. The days when the old dilapidated The buildings of the monastery huddled up to a hundred people. The old buildings are no longer living. A new building has been built. They live in mercy. God's 50 old men and women, who No one to take care of. Asilo de los Angeles Asilo. de los Ángeles - so It's called this shelter now. In the holiest place in Malaga!