Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey of the Order of St Benedict on the mountain Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. The Abbey was founded in the 11th century and rebuilt later for enshrining the statue of the Virgin of Montserrat or the Black Madonna, a colour of which changed from a lighter to black from exposure to candle smoke and later repainting. It is noteworthy to say that the Virgin Mary together with Saint George are the Patron Saints of Catalonia as well as the Teutonic Order.