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Candelária (Portuguese) or Candelaria (Spanish) is used as a toponym in parts of the world where those languages are or were spoken.

Candelária is also the Spanish name for "Candlemas," which is the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. It is celebrated throughout most of Mexico on February 2. Although the observed date of Candelária directly relates to Christmas, in Mexico the day is seen as the end of the Epiphany season, which begins on January 6th, "el dia de Reyes" (the day of the Three Wise Men). In most regions of Mexico, whoever finds the babies hidden inside the "Rosca de Reyes" (Kings Cake) on Epiphany is obligated to bring food (mostly tamales) to a gathering held on February 2nd.

"Candelaria" may also refer to The Virgin of Candelaria, a Marian apparition, the patron saint of the Canary Islands, and widely venerated in South America. One apparition was to the aboriginal guanches in the year 1400.^{[citation needed]} The Basilica of the Candelaria is in the municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife. The Virgin of Candelaria is a Black Madonna.

Candelária may refer to:

[edit] Places

Brazil

• Candelária Church, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro
  • Candelária massacre, 1993 massacre near the church
• Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

Portugal

• Candelária (Madalena)
• Candelária (Ponta Delgada)
  • Candelária Sport Clube, a roller hockey team from the parish

Argentina

• Candelaria, Misiones, Misiones Province

Colombia

• Candelaria, Valle del Cauca
• Candelaria, Atlántico
• La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in Bogotá

Cuba

• Candelaria, Cuba, Pinar del Río Province

El Salvador

• Candelaria, Cuscatlán
• Candelaria de la Frontera

Guatemala

• Candelaria Caves, Alta Verapaz, National Park and Cultural Patrimony

Guinea-Bissau

• Candelaria, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Honduras

• Candelaria, Lempira

Mexico

• Candelaria, Campeche, Mexico
• Metro Candelaria, a station on the Mexico City Metro

Philippines

• Candelaria, Quezon
• Candelaria Massacre, on February 4, 1945 the Japanese Imperial forces massacred and killed by the Philippine bolomen beginning victory in the town of Candelaria, Tayabas (now Quezon).
• Candelaria, Zambales

Spain

• Candelaria, Tenerife

United States

• Candelaria, Texas, Presidio County

[edit] People

• John Candelaria (born 1953), American baseball pitcher
• Candelaria Pérez (1810–1870), sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay
• Nash Candelaria U.S. author

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