Description
Since the 15th century there was a monastery of agustines in the place of Cazalla, which in 1578 became of the order of S. Basilio Magno. From that convent, it reached its highest splendor in the 18th century, reaching to have 13 monks, 3 leagues, 8 servants to own more than 200 flocks of cultivation (approximately 130 Hectareas) as known to the remains currently existing, only one cover remains, with a half-point bow blinded that gave access to the temple and, above it, the statue of S. Basilio Great, on a stacked hornadine up to half. It is a cast size of small proportions, which only lets see the head of the holy headline, with a luenga beard and a mitre. The size has been recently restored.
This convent is very linked to Our Lady of Hope, as we can see below. Often, when we hear about Our Lady of Hope, we automatically associate her with Seville and her Holy Week. However, one thing that many people are not aware of is that its origin is located in the province of Jaén, specifically in the region of Sierra Magina, according to some studies and the finding of a document, image of the left, of great importance on this subject. With the transcription that is presented we intend to see how in the toponymy of the convent of Cazalla a reference to the Virgin Macarena appears, in the year 1749, coinciding with the epoch of the highest splendor of the Order of the Basilios, as well as the Cadastre of the Marquis of the Ensenada. This report, which refers to a guide to the transport of cattle, is the only document found in the municipal archive, so far, where it is confirmed something that supports previous studies, such as that published by Rafael Ortega and Sagrista, "The Monastery of Our Lady of Hope, in the cazalla, belonging to the order of San Basilio Magno," where the origin of such a Marian advocation, the famous Virgin Esperanza Macarena of Seville, is determined in these places. What seems to be fully observed is that the diffuse center of the Basil monks in Andalusia comes from the region of Sierra Mágina, in particular Mata-Begid and the said Cazalla Convent, as Vicente Oya shows, to see the website www.camorl.iesata.es, or the book by Hilario Arenas González "La Macarena de Sevilla."
With this small review, we are only trying to make known an interesting line of research that we are now in the process of developing.
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