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The Pilgrimage to the hermitage of Santa Paula de Dénia: date, itinerary and activities

January 26 from 2020 - 08: 25

January 26 is the festival of Santa Paula, but the pilgrimage not exactly on that date. Santa Paula is the lawyer for skin diseases, especially scabies.

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When is

The pilgrimage, organized by the parish of San Miguel, is celebrated on the Sunday closest to the onomastics, that is, the Sunday after January 26, varying its date depending on the calendar of each year.

Itinerary

That day the pilgrims leave from the church of San Miguel, on the Avenida del Montgó, to the hermitage of Santa Paula, Which is heading Vessanes.

Activities

Several stops are installed there from early on in the style of "porrat", with typical sweets of the area such as caramel apples, liquorice, sugar cane or arrop i carvings. With the arrival of the pilgrimage, the devotees enter the hermitage to attend the mass in which the joys are read to the saint, and at the end they are usually distributed among the attendees buñuelos, coca maría and mistela.

After a brotherhood meal among the pilgrims, and at the end of the day, they traditionally go to the Santa Llúcia Residence for the Elderly to visit their elders and distribute typical sweets.

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