Romeria de Santa Marta de Ribarteme, Galicia, Spain

Manuel Gonzalez looks at his coffin in the parish of Santa Marta de Ribaterme, in Galicia northern Spain. Having been diagnosed with a week to live due to stomach cancer he made a miraculous recovery last year. Having made a vow that if he should recover he would go to mass in a coffin carried by his friends on the Saints day of Santa Marta - as is the custom in the tiny village on its Saint's day

Associations Brotherhood Brotherhoods Cancer Custom Diagnosed Fraternities Galicia Gonzalez Hermandad Marta Miraculous Penance Piety Processions Recover Recovery Ribarteme Ribaterme Romeria Stomach Tiny

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