The Black Madonna

The religious mistake of Montserrat began when the statue of a Madonna and Jesus was discovered in a cave. I can’t remember what year it was discovered, but it was a long time ago. The story goes that the local villagers went to pick up the statue and carry it back to the town of Montserrat. They found it in the cave and started to walk down into the village, but they didn’t get far because a mystical power supposedly overcame everyone and they couldn’t take the Madonna any further down the mountain. The villagers took it at as a sign that the Madonna shouldn’t be moved, and that is where they built the monastery of Montserrat

The Madonna became known as the black Madonna because over the years the material used for the Madonna, and for Jesus‘s face became oxidized and turned black. It wasn’t made that way it just oxidized that way.

In the Madonna‘s right hand is a globe and the baby Jesus‘s hand is an acorn the globe symbolizing the world, the acorn symbolizing regrowth It’s part of the pilgrimage to touch the globe in the Madonna‘s hand as a blessing for peace.Read more