The devotion to Our Lady of Coromoto de Naiguata

Abstract

News from the discovery of an inventory

This work addresses devotion to Our Lady of Coromoto de Naiguata, revered for at least 250 years in the coastal town of the same name of the state La Guaira.
To carry out this study the heuristic process focused on the Archdiocesan Museum of Caracas. The visits allowed us to find uns studied primary sources that provided useful data to clarify the origins of devotion. It is the discovery of the inventory of the church of Naiguatá that Bishop Mariano Martí raised when he visited it on December 16, 1772. This document was not included in the volumes of the extensive pastoral visit published in 1928 by the publishing house Sur América or in the later editions produced by the National Academy of History.
The collection of these primary sources is joined by the research cycle in the newspaper library of the aforementioned academy. News of the newspaper La Religión of the first decades of the twentieth century allows us to know how the cult evolved.
Reference sources such as the works published by Brother Nectario María and the contributions of various collaborators belonging to the society of our Lady of Coromoto de Naiguatá represent contributions of value when interpreting the compiled data. At the end of this study is the transcription of the inventory signed by Martí, a contribution for those interested in the document in the future.

Keywords: Cult, devotion, Our Lady of Coromoto de Naiguatá, Naiguatá, Bishop Mariano Martí, relic.