As you may know the reading and the search for authoritative information is the foundation of our road. We are not inventing anything, we are re-discovering a route that was very busy time ago to go to Compostela (and of course it is not medieval, is modern, because its peak was in the XV and XVI). The population to which we refer is Siete Aguas, the pre-Requena on the road from Valencia to Santiago. Requena was annexed to Valencia in 1850 approx, before we were province of Cuenca, which meant that "the door of the Kingdom (Valencia)" was Siete Aguas. The people lived doomed to commuter service and pilgrims on the Camino Real from Valencia to Toledo. There was a large hospital (Spital for poor patients, bystanders and strangers ") that lasted until 1830, which is referred to several pastoral visits, listing her dowry of beds, linen, land, etc. This was an important fact. But we lacked the users, pilgrims who pass through here on their way. Siete Aguas
was venerated in a Christ of the Afflicted that burned in the Civil War. It was considered the beginning of s. XV, although there was no record of his own. It was called "Crocificio" or "Holy Christ" until in 1852 the priest convened a consultation to give an invocation, out of the Afflicted. The popular legend of his arrival at Seven Water is the element that gave us all we need. I copy / hit the book "Seven Waters and things" Jose M ª Corbin Carbó:
" In the early fifteenth century, when the greater the movement of pilgrims to Compostela passed through our village, came to this hospital two young people seem to foreigners, who walk their way to visit the tomb of Santiago. They stayed there for several days and disappeared leaving the room they occupied
the magnificent Crocificio.
much fun as people assembled in the happy event and when the justices were concerned with the priest's fate had to give that image appeared so strangely, emissaries arrived Conde de Urgel, then lord of the Barony, which had heard of the miracle, to be delivered to the image and brought to his residence in Castle Buñol. Produced outrage in the town of Urgel layout, but, fearing the anger of the Lord is prepared to obey it, but soon tried to dissuade him, for which authorities declined to Buñol
Seven-Water to meet with the Count.
counting continues the tradition that Don Jaime de Urgel wanted to come in person to admire the sea and marvel as beautiful as they enter the hospital and see the magnificent picture was so charmed neglecting her that the reasons of his subjects were arranged in a mule loaded his entourage and transported to the Castle of Buñol to be placed in its chapel.
Between the sobs of religious people is available from the entourage escorting the mule that carried so precious cargo, but the cries became successful admiration at seeing the quadruped was not a step forward despite the onslaught of spanking and Mulatero . Finally pulled the mule, but to the crowd, and hastily made his way and could not be achieved continued up to the Arc de Candilejo,
stopped. Again he wanted to take the animal to Buñol and stubbornly opposed, not allowing the door to be moved of the Church, where he was, until the holy image was downloaded, and viewed as a great miracle by the Earl, decided will stay between us. "
Like all legends, have some truth. It is clear that I will not go to Christ on his back (the bag and pay for my sins), but we are two pilgrims, regulars at that time by the people who brought you, is what gives overtones of reality for the people, and it provided a plausible explanation for the appearance of Christ.
and nothing else, all these data are taken from that book, full of citations to documents in the Archive Parish of Seven Waters and the belongings of Valencia, some missing in 1936 but all testable. "Pilgrims to Santiago Siete Aguas? Well then it must follow Requena, Cuenca, Villaconejos, Atienza, etc. "He who has ears to hear." A hug
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