This work, of considerable dimensions (204 x 123 cm), is a portrait of José de los Ríos y Lamadrid, Bishop of Lugo, painted by Luciano Sánchez Santaren. It is currently being restored by the company TAU Restauración.
José de los Ríos y Lamadrid was appointed Bishop of Lugo on September 25, 1857, and died in Lugo on March 8, 1884. He is of particular importance to the people of Lugo because he obtained from Pope Pius IX the concession of a plenary indulgence for any day of the year, which could be obtained by those faithful who, after confession and communion, visited the Blessed Sacrament exposed in the Cathedral of Lugo. He communicated this to his faithful in a pastoral letter dated August 5, 1867.
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