Blog The Christ of the Forsaken will be in an extraordinary procession on June 10th

The Christ of the Forsaken of the Holy Angel will leave in extraordinary procession the 10 of June of 2017 to commemorate the 400 years of the execution of the image by Martínez Montañés. The image of the Christ of the Desamparados receives cult in the Church of the Holy Angel of Seville. The Christ will leave in the step yielded by the Brotherhood of San Bernardo and will take the musical accompaniment of the band of the Olive of Salteras and will return to leave in a step after doing it between 1851 and 1915 with the Brotherhood of the Sacred Lanzada.

Sculptor Juan Martínez Montañes

Closed in 1617 by the sculptor Juan Martínez Montañes, the work was also created, according to assures the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage, perhaps with the intervention of some disciple in some tasks. The Community of Discalced Carmelites is organizing a series of events to commemorate the fourth centenary of the execution of the Crucified. The Christ of the Forsaken will leave in the step of the Christ of Health, titular of the Brotherhood of San Bernardo. This Christ of the Forsaken is undoubtedly among the best Crucified of the Sevillian School of Sculpture of the seventeenth century.
The procession will start at 10:30 pm on June 10, 2017: It is planned the transit of the procession through the Plaza del Salvador, in whose area is the monument dedicated to Martínez Montañés.