Given the proximity of the festivities in honor of the Virgin of Regla, which will be celebrated this Sunday, the publishing house Sevilla Press has launched the third updated edition of the book ‘Regla de Chipiona’. A work by journalist Miguel Gallardowhich was “the first book published on the patron saint of Chipiona and the Franciscan temple itself in 37 years,” the author says.
The new edition also includes the last extraordinary procession to mark the end of the coronavirus – with photos of the Virgin in front of the Chipiona lighthouse -, the incorporation into the Sanctuary of Santiago Apóstol and the Way of St. James from the Sanctuary of Reglathe visit of the Count of Regla for the first time to the Sanctuary and the publication of the book on the biography of the first Count of Regla, by the Doctor of History Pablo Borrallo.
To the above, we add the municipal institutional plenary sessions held in the Cloister of the Sanctuary on the days of Chipiona, last June 7, where the adopted children from Chipionathe last one being the journalist Marina Bernal, the rector Juan José Rodríguez Mejías and the singer José Mercè.
The work “Rule of Chipiona”, which includes a special chapter on Father Lerchundi -whose death marks this year’s 129th anniversary in 2024-, ranges from the historical origin of the image to the 400th anniversary of his appointment as Patron saint of Chipiona.
All this, including the fiftieth anniversary of his coronation, the Franciscan library and museum, the Room of the Virgin and a special mention to Rocío Jurado as sentimental ambassador – the song “Virgen de Regla” is included in the album “Como las alas al viento”, from 1993.
The book offers a “broad and detailed” explanation of how the Virgin of Regla is present in the daily life of Chipiona, where she gives her name to a school, a house of Franciscan spirituality and to the patron saint festivals celebrated in September and culminates with the departure of the Virgin every day on September 8; this year, next Sunday.
Likewise, in the work, mention is made of more than twenty images venerated in the Sanctuary, including four of Saint Francis of Assisi, and other religious devotions such as the Virgin of Regla del Pinar, the Virgin of Carmen, the Virgin of Rocío and the Pregnant Virgin from the Portal of Belén de Regla and the Aposto Santiago. Also on the images treated during Holy Week in the city and They complement the devotions of the Chipioneros among many other historical data.
In this sense, the author of the book, Miguel Gallardo, assured that “Regla was the epicenter of Rocío Jurado’s lifethe first place I went to when I arrived in Chipiona and the last place I visited before leaving.” “He never missed the procession on September 8 and always proclaimed his faith.”
In addition, the author stated that the book is titled “Regla de Chipiona” “because Regla is the name of the Virgin, the monastery, the neighborhood, the beach, the payment after Regla and many women of Chipiona.” He also highlighted how “Faith in the Virgin has transcended the other side of the Atlanticsince there are dedications in Cuba and other countries.
The work is published in color with more than a hundred unpublished photographs and an attempt is made to gather in a single book the history and legend of Santa María de Regla, adding the events that have occurred in the last 40 years that have not been included in any publication of these characteristics.
He Rector of the Sanctuary of Regla, brother Juan José Rodríguez Mejías, The prologue of the book stressed that the work “is like a historical, cultural and graphic journey and that Regla is the center and the highest beacon of a way of living and understanding life that radiates light to all who approach it.”
On January 13, 1906, the Cardinal Marcelo Spinolatoday blessed, blessed the new Sanctuary of the Virgin of Regla in Chipiona. He had just returned from the Court of Madrid, where he had celebrated the marriage of the Infanta María Teresa, sister of the king, but he did not want to miss the inauguration of the temple despite his fatigue and illness. Six days later, Cardinal Spínola died in Seville.
First Count of Regla
On the other hand, the Sevilla Press editions have also published the new biography of the first Count of Regla, whose authorship belongs to doctor in history Pablo Borrallo, which has just been released on the market and is already available in all bookstores, including those of Chipiona Central, Aarón and Tienda del Santuario de Regla and those of Cortegana, and on online digital platforms.
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