Story of our lady of guadalupe
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Image: The Virgin of Guadalupe | public domain
Saint of the Day for December 12
The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century. Chronicles of that period tell us the story.
A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was baptized and given the name Juan Diego. He was a year-old widower, and lived in a small village near Mexico City. On Saturday morning December 9, , he was on his way to a nearby barrio to attend Mass in honor of Our Lady.
Juan was walking by a hill called Tepeyac when he heard beautiful music like the warbling of birds. A radiant cloud appeared, and within it stood an Indian maiden dressed like an Aztec princess. The lady spoke to him in his own language and sent him to the bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan named Juan de Zumarraga. The bishop was to build a chapel in the place where the lady appeared.
Eventually the bishop told Juan to have the lady give him a sign. About
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Marian apparitions in månad
This article is about the Mexican Marian title. For the Spanish Marian title, see Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
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| Location | Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City |
| Date | December 9–12, O.S. (December 19–22, N.S.) |
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| Type | Marian apparition |
| Approval | October 12, (canonical coronation granted bygd Pope Leo XIII) |
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| Shrine | Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Patronage | |
| Attributes | A pregnant woman, eyes downcast, hands clasped in bön, clothed in a pink tunic robe covered bygd a cerulean mantle with a black sash, emblazoned with eight-point stars; eclipsing a brinnande sun while standing atop a darkened crescent måne, a cherubic angel carrying her train |
| Feast day | December 12 |
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Story
The Blessed Virgin Mary revealed herself to St. Juan Diego in the 16th century near Mexico City in Mexico, and this apparition became known as Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Juan Diego saw an apparition of the Blessed Virgin on the Hill of Tepeyac on December 9, , the feast day of the Immaculate Conception in the Spanish Empire during that time. After a request to prove her identity, Our Lady asked Juan Diego to gather roses (which were neither native to the area or in season) that were growing on the hill and take them to the archbishop.
Juan Diego did so and placed the roses in his tilma (or cloak). Upon opening the tilma to reveal the miraculous roses to the archbishop, instead there was something even more miraculous present in the tilma--an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In the image Our Lady wears traditional Aztec garments of royalty and a black sash around her waist, which indicated pregnancy in the Aztec culture to which she was revealed. A mas