Virgen de la victoria malaga

Saint of victory

The origin of the image of Santa María de la Victoria is linked to the conquest of Málaga by the Catholic Monarchs that took place in 1487.[9] Although the Christian troops that reached the city hoped that the inhabitants would surrender and not resist, as had happened in Vélez-Málaga, the reality was that the siege was harder and lasted longer than expected. This, together with the ravages of the hot summer and the presence of infectious or epidemic outbreaks, undermined the morale of the Christian soldiers. King Ferdinand then decided to communicate the situation to Queen Isabella, who was in Cordoba, and she joined the siege to raise the morale of his troops.[10] The tradition affirms that soon after the siege, the soldiers arrived in Cordoba.

Tradition states that soon after, some friars of the Order of the Minims, recently founded by Francisco de Paula, came to the camp to request permission from the monarchs to establish themselves in their kingdoms. They instilled hope in the name of their founder that the reconquest would continue.[10][11] The chronicles of the order record the arrival at the royal camp of twelve friars sent by Francis of Paola from the convent of Plessis-lez-Tours.[11][12][12][13][14][14][15][16][16][17][18][19][19][19][19][20][20

Holy victory

[Quoting Stalin:] «Today, in Rheims, the Germans signed the preliminary act of unconditional surrender. The main contribution, however, was made by the Soviet people and not by the Allies, therefore, the capitulation must be signed in front of the Supreme Command of all the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition and not only in front of the Supreme Command of the Allied forces. On the other hand, I do not agree that the surrender was not signed in Berlin, which was the center of the Nazi aggression. We agreed with the Allies to consider the Reims protocol as preliminary.»

Virgin of the chapel

The origin of the image of Santa María de la Victoria is linked to the conquest of Malaga by the Catholic Monarchs that took place in 1487.[9] Although the Christian troops that reached the city hoped that the inhabitants would surrender and not resist, as had happened in Vélez-Málaga, the reality was that the siege was harder and lasted longer than expected. This, together with the ravages of the hot summer and the presence of infectious or epidemic outbreaks, undermined the morale of the Christian soldiers. King Ferdinand then decided to communicate the situation to Queen Isabella, who was in Cordoba, and she joined the siege to raise the morale of his troops.[10] The tradition affirms that soon after the siege, the soldiers arrived in Cordoba.