This convent is closely linked to Our Lady of Hope, as we will see below: Often, when we hear about Our Lady of Hope, we automatically associate it with Seville and its Holy Week. However, something that many people do not know is that its origin is located in the province of Jaén, specifically in the region of Sierra Mágina, according to some studies and the finding of a document, image on the left, of great importance on this With the transcription that is presented, we intend to verify how in the toponymy of the Cazalla convent there appears a reference to the Virgin Macarena, in the year 1749, coinciding with the time of maximum splendor of the Order of the Basilios, as well reflected the Cadastre of the Marqués de la Ensenada. This act that we present, which refers to a livestock transport guide, is the only document found in the municipal archive, so far, where something that previous studies support, such as the one published by Rafael Ortega y Sagrista, “El Monastery of Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, in the Cazalla ravine, belonging to the order of San Basilio Magno, ”where the origin of such a Marian dedication, the famous Virgin Esperanza Macarena of Seville, is determined in these places. It has been fully verified that the diffusion center for the Basilian monks in Andalusia comes from the Sierra Mágina region, specifically Mata-Begid and the aforementioned Cazalla Convent, as demonstrated by Vicente Oya, see website www.cambil.iespana.es, or the book by Hilario Arenas González "La Macarena de Sevilla".
With this small review we only intend to present an interesting line of research that for now we have in the making.