Virgen de los Desamparados

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Our Lady of the Abandoned
Image of Our Lady of the Forsaken at the offering of the flowers in Valencia during Fallas, the Valencia Festival of St Joseph. (March 2008).
Location	Valencia
Date	Second Sunday of May
Witness	Saint Amparo, Desamparados
Shrine	Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken, Valencia, Spain
Patronage	Valencia, Santa Ana, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa
Attributes	A lily in one hand; in the other, the baby Jesus carrying the Cross in his arms; the Geperudeta (hunchback)

Our Lady of the Forsaken (Spanish: Virgen de los Desamparados or Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados; Catalan: Mare de Déu dels Desamparats, IPA: [ˈmaɾe ðe ˈðew ðelz ðezampaˈɾats]) is a Catholic invocation of the Virgin Mary.^[1] She is the patroness of Valencia and one of seven patrons of the Autonomous communities of Spain. She appears with a lily in one hand and in the other, she carries the baby Jesus who bears the cross in his arms. Her posture is characterized by a slight forward tilt, and hence, she is known affectionately as the Geperudeta (hunchback) of València.^[2] Her image is housed in the 'Basilica de la Mare de Déu dels Desamparats'.