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The discovery of the relics of Santa Orosia

Yebra de Basa, Alto Gállego, Huesca

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The discovery of the relics of Santa Orosia

Historical milestone · Yebra de Basa, Alto Gállego, Huesca

Image of Yebra de Basa, not of the place itself.

According to tradition, an angel revealed to the shepherd Guillén de Guasillo where the remains of the martyr lay; the head stayed in Yebra and the rest of the body in Jaca, the origin of the two pilgrimage festivals still held every 25 June.

25 de junio de 1072

Photo: McBodes (CC BY 3.0)

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