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The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (in English: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is a basilica of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invocation of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at the foot of the Hill of Tepeyac in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City.
Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia (Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Philip Martyr in Via Aurelia) is the national church of Mexico in Rome. Opened in 1958, it was established as a titular church by Pope John Paul II in 1991, with Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo as its first titular Cardinal Priest (1991-1993).
According to the Catholic tradition, it is the site where Saint Juan Diego met the Virgin of Guadalupe in December 1531, and received the iconic image of the Lady of Guadalupe. The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe located there is one of the most visited Catholic shrines in the world. Spanish colonists erected a Catholic chapel at the site ...
Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Puerto Vallarta) [4] Basilica of Guadalupe, Monterrey; Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura [5] Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral; Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church; Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe [6] National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Makati City, Metro Manila ...
Old Basilica of Guadalupe. The Old Basilica of Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic building in Monterrey, Nuevo León state, Mexico. [1] It is located in the metropolitan area, just outside the city's downtown. Francisco de Paula Verea y González de Hermosillo, Bishop of Linares, had a great devotion to the Virgin of Tepeyac.
The present church, begun in 1732, was built in the Mexican baroque style. The statue of the Virgin was installed in 1769 and the bell towers were completed in 1790. In 1972 the church was recognized as a basilica. Inside the church, upon a platform with an upturned crescent moon, stands the statue of the Virgin. The face is dark in color, the ...
Juan Diego, an indigenous Mexican man was 57 years old when he encountered and interacted with La Virgen de Guadalupe. [11] He has been labelled the "Messenger of Hope". [12] This occurrence took place on Tepeyac, a hill to the north of today's Mexico City where the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is located. [13]
Also known simply as Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is a Gothic revival Catholic cathedral located in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico. The towers reach a height of 107.5 meters, [ 1 ] making it the tallest church building in Mexico .