Pontificia y Real Hermandad y Cofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Humildad y Paciencia, Santísimo Cristo de la Humillación Ecce-Homo y Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Patrona de Badajoz)

(Pontifical and Royal Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus of Humility and Patience, Holy Christ of Humiliation Ecce-Homo and Our Lady of Solitude, Patron Saint of Badajoz)

 
Founded on 1 April 1664, the origins of this brotherhood are linked to Mr Francisco de Tutaville y del Tufo, Duke of San Germán, General of the Extremaduran Army and the great forefather of the brotherhood and of the original church of the image. The image of Our Lady of Solitude was canonically crowned on 8 June 2013.

Office: Chapel of La Soledad
Founded: 1 April 1664, at the request of the Duke of San Germán. It holds seven papal briefs, granted since 1789 by Pius VI and Pius VII.

Pasos (floats)

Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Humildad y Paciencia (Our Father Jesus of Humility and Patience)Possibly carved in Pedro Roldán’s workshop. 17th century. The platform was crafted by Ramón Salas, assembled by the Píriz de Olivenza workshops and enlarged by Mr Ricardo Cantowitz.
Costaleros (those who carry the paso): 35
Number of brothers: 2,460
Nazarenos (the penitents): 420
Capataz (the foreman): Juan Carlos García

Santísimo Cristo de la Humillación, Ecce-Homo (Holy Christ of Humiliation, Ecce-Homo)
Anonymous 17th century carving. The float, work of Juan Luis Mangas and restored this year, is made of gilded wood and is crowned with four silver lanterns from Grandit goldsmiths in Lucena.
Costaleros (those who carry the paso): 28Capataz (the foreman): Juan Alberto Moreno 

Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Our Lady of Solitude)Anonymous Italian school carving from the 17th century, restored by Gutiérrez Carrasquilla.
“La Patrona”, the patron saint of Badajoz, is carried on a remarkable float crowned with a canopy. Its delicate vents were embroidered in gold by the Adoratrices nuns of Badajoz in 1954. Canopy with decorative drapery around the sides by Elena Caro and ceiling by the Adoratrices nuns. The diadem of gold, silver and diamonds, crafted by Castellanos and donated by Mrs Paula Pesini, is magnificent.
Costaleros (those who carry the paso): two 28-man crews
Capataz (the foreman): Juan Ramón Peinado

Number of brothers: 2,460
Nazarenos (the penitents): 420

Musical accompaniment

Musical ensemble Sto. Cristo Yacente from Salamanca and the Municipal Band of Badajoz.

Itinerary highlights

The start and finish of the paso are charged with emotion and shouldn’t be missed. Its passage through Francisco Pizarro street in its narrowest sections and in front of the Las Descalzas convent, San Francisco, and the climb up Obispo San Juan de Ribera street are excellent moments to see it. Plaza de España square offers an intense moment when receiving “La Patrona” and her passage through narrow streets with notable reviraos (turns), such as Donoso Cortés, Bravo Murillo and Arias Montano, are ideal moments to behold her.

• Start: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad. 18:00
• C/ Francisco Pizarro
• Plaza López de Ayala
• C/ Menacho
• C/ Vasco Nuñez
• Paseo de San Francisco
• C/ Obispo San Juan de Ribera
• Plaza España
• C/ Donoso Cortés
• C/ Bravo Murillo
• C/ Arias Montano
• Plaza de la Soledad


Hermandad y Cofradía de la Sagrada Resurrección de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo, Santísimo Cristo de la Caridad en su Sentencia y María Santísima de la Aurora, Madre de la Iglesia

(Brotherhood of the Holy Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Christ of Charity Sentenced and Our Lady of the Dawn, Mother of the Church)

The Senatus standard made in leatherwork by Francisco José Rodríguez Escobar, and the brotherhood’s Rulebook, unique in the Holy Week of Badajoz for being embroidered, made by Juan Manuel Expósito, stand out in this procession

Headquarters: Parish of Santa María la Real (San Agustín)Founded: In 1982. This paso depicting the Sentencing of Christ debuted in 2010.
Number of brothers: 300
Nazarenos (the penitents): 70

Pasos (floats)

Santísimo Cristo de la Caridad en su Sentencia (Holy Christ of Charity Sentenced)Carved by Adrián Valverde Cantero (2009), a sculptor from Córdoba. The figures of Pontius Pilate, Claudia Procula, two Roman soldiers and a slave boy complete the image, works by the same sculptor. This paso (also called “misterio” for depicting a scene from the life of Christ) portrays the moment when Christ is sentenced to death, while Pilate washes his hands and his wife asks for mercy. Float platform: Wooden float, with the top of the platform initially uncarved, by the sculptor Felipe Martínez Olivier. Pilate’s throne was crafted in the brotherhood’s maintenance workshop. Candle chimneys crafted by Manuel de los Ríos.

Costaleros (those who carry the paso): 45
Capataces (foremen): Alfonso Romero Barroso and José Luis Cordón Porras

María Santísima de la Aurora, Madre de la Iglesia (Our Lady of the Dawn, Mother of the Church)Carved by Israel Cornejo. 2014. Aluminium platform, resting on cloth, made by Orovio goldsmiths along with the candle holders and canopy poles. The vents and decorative drapery around the sides are made of mesh embroidered in gold and silks by Mr Juan Manuel Expósito. The canopy ceiling has paintings by the same artist depicting the Holy Family and Our Ladies of Solitude, Bitterness and Sorrows of Badajoz, as well as Our Lady of Peace of Jerez de los Caballeros (in Extremadura). It includes a branch of orange blossom in sterling silver and the llamador (a knocker used by the foreman to communicate with the costaleros bearing the float) is from Orfebrería Ramos goldsmiths in Seville.
Costaleros (those who carry the Paso): 30
Capataz (the foreman): Angel Luis Romero Barroso

Number of brothers: 300
Nazarenos (the penitents): 70

Musical accompaniment

Resucitado, a brass and percussion band from Badajoz, and the Municipal Band of Talavera la Real (in Extremadura, Spain).

Debuts

The inner frame and the top part of the platform bearing the image of Christ debuted recently, as well as the rear drapery of the Virgin Mary’s paso and the banner of the brotherhood embroidered by Juan Manuel Expósito. The amphorae decorating the canopy and two horns were crafted by Manuel Arenas Vargas.

Itinerary highlights

The start from San Agustín is a highly recommended moment, while it is worth vewing the procession through Plaza de la Soledad square, Hernán Cortés street, Plaza de España square, as well as through narrow streets such as Arco Agüero, Bravo Murillo, Arias Montano and the reviraos (turns) between the two latter.

• Start: Iglesia de San Agustín. 19:45
• Plaza de San Agustin
• C/ José Lanot
• Plaza de la Soledad
• C/ Francisco Pizarro
• Plaza López de Ayala
• C/ Hernán Cortés
• C/ Obispo San Juan de Ribera
• Plaza de España
• C/ López Prudencio
• C/ Donoso Cortés
• C/ Bravo Murillo
• C/ Arias Montano
• Plaza de la Soledad
• C/ José Lanot
• Plaza de San Agustin


Hermandad y Cofradía de la Santa Vera Cruz, Santísimo Cristo del Amor y Nuestra Señora de la Consolación

Brotherhood of Santa Vera Cruz, Holy Christ of Love and Our Lady of Consolation)

This new brotherhood wishes to recover the memory and the names of two historical brotherhoods of the city of Badajoz: Vera Cruz, which already in the 16th century was doing processions through the streets of Badajoz on Holy Thursday night, and the Virgin Mary of Consolation, which had its own brotherhood in 1605 and was part of the Holy Week processions.

The nazarenos, penitents clad in black robes with a wide straw belt and a pointed hood, are accompanied by traditional baroque figures in the Badajoz processions, such as the Muñidor, who opens the procession, the Regidores in charge of their order and the Guía or Cabecera leading the procession.

The nazarenos take a vow of silence and cannot turn their heads or look back. They pray out loud as they pass by the five churches on their itinerary. They enter and leave the church still in their robes in order to preserve their anonymity. In 2015 they recovered the figure of the Pertiguero, who leads the acolytes who march before the paso of the Virgin of Consolation. 

Headquarters: Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción (Church of the Immaculate Conception).
Founded: 30 June 1526
Re-founded: 2008
Approval: 2011

Pasos (floats)

Santísimo Cristo del Amor (Holy Christ of Love)
Figure carved in cedar wood by Eduardo García Márquez in 2012 and donated by Mr Manuel Mora Muñoz and children. The decorative caps of the cross were chiselled by Juan Angulo and Christ’s rayed nimbus was crafted by the Sevillian goldsmith Luis Rueda.

Wooden platform carved in mahogany, work of the Píriz de Olivenza workshops, donated by the Mora Báez family. An anchoring system was designed to lower Christ to be able to fit under the arc of the Puerta de la Concepción.

It includes four lanterns chiselled in gold by Angulo, who also made the symbols of passion in relief. The exquisite llamador (a knocker used by the foreman to communicate with the costaleros bearing the float), an exact replica of the one in the Badajoz Cathedral, was crafted by goldsmith from Córdoba Ángel Cano and Juan Angulo. The vents were made in gold mesh by Felisa and Beatriz Rodríguez Bermejo and the cloth cover by Antonio Mora.
Costaleros (those who carry the paso): 30. Asociación de Costaleros y Capataces “San José” (Association of Float Carriers and Foremen “San José”)

Nuestra Señora de la Consolación (Our Lady of Consolation)
Work of Eduardo García Márquez. 2009. Platform: poles embossed and chiselled by goldsmith Juan Angulo, the base of which holds vases to be filled with lilies, a symbol of the Immaculate Conception. The canopy is topped with classic-style cresting chiselled by the same goldsmith. Purple velvet drapery made by Juan Manuel Expósito.

Classic straight vents made in the 1960s by Jerez-born goldsmith Juan Landa for the Our Lady of Hope in Cádiz and restored in 2016. Candle holders designed exclusively for the brotherhood, chiselled by Orfebrería Angulo goldsmiths, which also made the set of vases with chiselled groves. Purple velvet mantle crafted by Ángel Rojas. Tunic embroidered in gold by Eduardo García Márquez.

The image bears a brooch with the name in sterling gold gifted by a group of brothers and a Police Merit Medal donated by the first Vice-Elder, Mr Antonio Quintana Guerrero. Dagger crafted by Eduardo García and set with old jewels. Golden rosary donated by Mr Antonio Mora Muñoz for his blessing. Silver chiselled pedestal made by Angulo, the same craftsman who made the golden crown that rests upon her head. Distinguished rear lanterns by Manuel de los Ríos.

The embossed garlands hanging from the cresting debuted in 2018.
Costaleros (those who carry the paso): 35. Asociación de Costaleros y Capataces “San José” (Association of Float Carriers and Foremen “San José”)

Number of brothers: 250
Nazarenos (the penitents): 80

Musical accompaniment

Capilla Gólgota music trio before the paso bearing Christ.

Itinerary highlights

The start and finish are charged with emotion due to the enormous difficulty of passing through the door, as the floats have been made to only just fit through and the crucified figure of Christ must be taken down for this. Behold the passage of the paso bearing Christ, with the metalwork cresting of the canopy brushing the balconies of the narrow streets, especially the streets of Bravo Murillo, Arco Agüero and Francisco Pizarro, as well as the complicated reviraos (turns) in the first part of the itinerary. The street López Prudencio offers the chance of seeing the procession slowly climb up the street, just as Hernán Cortés allows you to see its descent. Behold the splendour of its arrival at Plaza López de Ayala square and its passage through the narrow Francisco Pizarro street, Plaza de la Soledad square and Arias Montano street, near dawn, including notable reviaros (turns), such as the one where this street meets San Juan street.

• Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción. 19:15
• C/ San Juan
• C/ Arias Montano
• Plaza de la Soledad
• C/ Francisco Pizarro
• Plaza López de Ayala
• C/ Menacho
• Av. Juan Carlos I
• C/ Obispo San Juan de Ribera
• Plaza de España
• C/ López Prudencio
• C/ Arco Agüero
• C/ Bravo Murillo
• C/ San Juan


Cofradía de la Entrada Triunfal de Cristo en Jerusalén, Santísimo Cristo de la Paz y Nuestra Señora de la Palma

(Brotherhood of the Triumphal Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, Holy Christ of Peace and Our Lady of the Palm)

This procession first debuted in 1962. Due to the simple and austere nature of this procession, penitents are not allowed to carry jewellery. The level of solemnity, fervour and penance is impressive.

The brotherhood makes a vow of silence every Good Friday before the start of their procession. This rite has its origins in the commitment made by the brotherhood before Bishop Mr José María Alcaraz y Alenda in order to be able to go out on Good Friday, and the problems emerging from having the holy figure of Christ exposed at the church.

Headquarters: San Roque Parish
Founded: 1 April 1957

Pasos (floats)

Santísimo Cristo de la Paz (Holy Christ of Peace)
Carving attributed to Juan Bautista Vázquez el Viejo. 16th century. Recovered by Mr Francisco Sánchez García, founder of the brotherhood and restored by Santiago Arolo. All in all, a magnificent image of the crucifixion of Christ restored by Manuel Carmona Martínez.
Carriers: 22. The crew is made up of 46 penitent brothers.
Capataz (the foreman): Mr Luis Miguel Gómez Silva

Number of brothers: 1,450
Nazarenos (the penitents): 450

Musical accompaniment

The musical accompaniment is limited to an untuned drum.

Itinerary highlights

Oath of the penitents before the figure of Christ within the church. The start and San Roque bridge. From here, the procession enters the old town, winding through hidden streets and squares until it reaches Plaza de España square and San Blas street. Taking place at late dawn, the itinerary of this procession is full of charm. The return to the church is a highly solemn and striking moment, with all the penitents lined up at the door with their lit candles to escort their Christ of Peace back inside.

• Start: Parroquia de San Roque. 1:00.
• Plaza Santiago Arolo
• C/ Porvenir
• C/ Alberto Oliart Saussol
• C/ Juan Pablo Forner
• C/ Galache Hoyuelos
• Av. Ricardo Carapeto
• Puente de Revellín
• Jardines de la Legión
• Plaza 18 de Diciembre
• C/ Trinidad
• Plaza de Cervantes
• C/ López Prudencio
• Plaza de España

• C/ San Blas
• Plaza de Cervantes
• C/ Trinidad
• Plaza 18 de Diciembre
• Jardines de la Legión
• Puente de Revellín
• Av. Ricardo Carapeto
• C/ Alberto Oliart Saussol
• C/ Porvenir
• Plaza Santiago Arolo

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