Author and material

It is attributed to the sculptor and metalsmith Joan de Castellnou, he is also the author of the previous Gothic custodia of this Cathedral, which was melted in Mallorca in 1812 in order to defray the war against Napoleon Bonaparte.

The statue is made of polychrome alabaster stone or “stone of light” of the Gothic windows.

History

In the 18th century., it was hung above the entrance of the Neoclassical choir and a wooden throne adorned with gold was added.

In 1939, when the choir was moved to the apse, the statue was also situated in the ambulatory, in its actual place.

Nine turns

There exists the pious tradition of invoking the Blessed Virgin Mary days before the labour; therefore, many future mothers pray before this statue and walk around the Cathedral nine times, in memory of the nine months in which Saint Mary waited for the birth of her Son Jesus Christ.