The find of the image of La Moreneta
The best known legend of the discovery of the Romanesque carving of the Virgin of Montserrat explains that the shepherds of the Mas Riusec de Monistrol grazed their flock on the mountain of Montserrat when they saw a bright light that came from a cave located under a cliff on the Llobregat river. The shepherds decided to make this prodigy known to the clergy of Monistrol and this to the bishop of Vic who immediately wanted to find out what was happening in that place. The bishop, together with the shepherds, arrived to the cave from where the light came out and some heavenly songs and found the image of a Virgin with the child Jesus sitting on the lap. The bishop decided to take the image to Manresa but when he arrived at the plain where the Monastery is currently located, all remained immobile without being able to advance, which was interpreted as that the Virgin wanted to stay in this place. The bishop ordered that a chapel be built there, where the image of the Virgin of Montserrat has since been venerated.