First Sunday in June
Virgen de Casbas, Ayerbe, Huesca, Aragón, Spain
The Virgin is said to have come from Casbas in France looking for the town of Ayerbe, which adopted her as its special protector. The wooden statue dates from the early 1100s. Today's festivities commemorate the miraculous rain of June 1, 1640, which ended a devastating drought. The people processed the the Holy Image from its rural chapel to St. Peter's Abbey in Ayerbe, where it remained for nine days. On the last day, June 1, people from all the villages of the region joined together, as they do today, to carry the Virgin back to her Chapel of Casbas. They had not yet returned to their homes when the crop-saving rain began. In thanksgiving, they vowed to repeat the procession annually. In 1981, the date was changed to the first Sunday in June. (Information and picture from es.wikipedia.org.)
Also celebrated this date:
 | Onze Lieve Vrouw van Lubbeek, Lubbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Statue processes from chapel to parish church to stay for an "octave" (8 days). |
| Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Noodt, Merchtem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium (Our Lady in Need). Procession (Sunday after 4th Sunday in May). |
| Madonna dei Martiri, Fonni, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. Festa. |
| Madonna delle Grazie, Monteflavio, Roma, Latium, Italy. Procession. |
| Maria SS. Annunziata, Randazzo, Catania, Sicily, Italy. Festa, procession in historic district. |
| Madonna del Soccorso, San Mauro Marchesato, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy (Madonna of Help). Lights, mass, stalls, games, music, fireworks. |
| Santa Maria di Monteforte, Abriola, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. Statue carried to mountain shrine in penitential procession 1st Sunday in June, back again in festivity August 15. |
| Nossa Senhora do Aviso, Bragança, Alto Trás-os-Montes, Norte, Portugal, Serapicos district (Our Lady of the Warning). Romaria. |
| Senhora do Desterro, Póvoa de Varzim, Grande Porto, Norte, Portugal (Lady of Exile), Bairro Norte. Procession on the first or second Sunday in June. |
| Madonna della Consolazione, Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. Country's patronal festa. |
| Virgen de Valvanera, Monasterio de Valvanera, Anguiano, La Rioja, Spain. Romería from towns of Estollo & San Andrés (since 1599 plague). |
| Virgen de los Remedios, Villanueva de Comeros, La Rioja, Spain. Romería to mountain shrine of Ollano. |
| Virgen del Socastro, Villamayor de Campos, Zamora, Castile and Léon, Spain. Subida: statue returns in procession to shrine. |
| Nuestra Señora de la Murta, Alzira, Valencia, Spain (Our Lady of the Myrtle). Romería. |
| Divina Pastora, Aracena, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain (Divine Shepherdess). Romería, procession. |
| Nuestra Señora de las Huertas, Puebla de los Infantes, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain (Our Lady of the Gardens). Romería. Patronal feast August 15-18. |
| Virgen de Fátima, Puerto de Juviley, Granada, Almería, Andalucía, Spain. Fiesta: mass, procession, food, games, music, dancing. |