Meaning & History
From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de Riánsares, meaning "The Virgin of Riánsares," the name being a contraction of río Ánsares, the name of a river (now referred to in English as the Riánsares River) which is the main tributary of the Gigüela river. She is the patron saint of Tarancón in the province of Cuenca in Castilla–La Mancha, hence the particularly high concentration of its usage in that province.