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|Canonizer=Pope Francis (equivalent canonization)
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'''Saint Mary of La Antigua''' (Spanish: '''Santa María la Antigua''') is the title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated as the principal patroness of the Republic of Panama and its capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/letters/2019/documents/papa-francesco_20190909_lettera-santamaria-antigua.html |title=Letter for the Fifth Centenary of the Diocese of Panama |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> The devotion traces its origins to 1510 when the city of Santa María la Antigua del Darién—the first European settlement on the American mainland—was founded by Spanish conquistadors. A small wooden image of the Virgin, brought from Seville, became the focus of popular piety; when the settlement was abandoned in 1524, the statue was transferred to Panama City, where it was enthroned in the cathedral built in 1688–1796.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=8888 |title=Our Lady of La Antigua |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
'''Saint Mary of La Antigua''' (Spanish: '''Santa María la Antigua''') is the title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated as the principal patroness of the Republic of Panama and its capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/letters/2019/documents/papa-francesco_20190909_lettera-santamaria-antigua.html |title=Letter for the Fifth Centenary of the Diocese of Panama |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> The devotion traces its origins to 1510 when the city of Santa María la Antigua del Darién—the first European settlement on the American mainland—was founded by Spanish conquistadors. A small wooden image of the Virgin, brought from Seville, became the focus of popular piety; when the settlement was abandoned in 1524, the statue was transferred to Panama City, where it was enthroned in the cathedral built in 1688–1796.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=8888 |title=Our Lady of La Antigua |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>