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The altar image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with St. John the Baptist, Juan de Zumárraga and St. Juan Diego by Miguel Cabrera. The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is of a life-sized, dark-haired, olive-skinned young woman, standing with her head slightly inclined to her right, eyes downcast, and her hands held before her in prayer.
Our Lady of Guadalupe [138] 17 October 1981 Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Durango: Pope John Paul II [dh] Virgen del Rosario [139] 29 May 1983 Alvarado, Veracruz: Pope John Paul II Virgen de la Asunción [140] 14 August 1983 Aguascalientes: Pope John Paul II: Virgen de Candelaria [141] 2 February 1989: Tecoman: Pope John Paul II: La ...
The text stated for the first time that the image venerated by Mexicans was of miraculous origin and recorded that the dates of Guadalupana appearances were comprised between 9 and 13 December 1531. In this way, the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe was established as true symbol of Mexican-ness. [1]
Invariably these are images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary, usually the Virgin and Child. In the Eastern church, the most notable examples are the Mandylion, [1] also known as the Image of Edessa, the Hodegetria. In the West the most notable examples are the Shroud of Turin, Veil of Veronica, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Manoppello Image. The ...
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, is celebrated on Dec. 12. In New York, a church of the same name is a seminal part of the city's Spanish and Hispanic history.
Thousands are commemorating the Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Extremadura is a Marian shrine in Cáceres, Spain that traces its history to the medieval kingdom of Castile. [1] The image is enshrined in the Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe , in the Extremadura autonomous community of Spain , and is considered the most important Marian shrine in the country.
Images such as Our Lady of Guadalupe and the many artistic renditions of it as statues are not simply works of art but are a central element of the daily lives of the Mexican people. [2] Both Hidalgo and Zapata flew Guadalupan flags and depictions of the Virgin of Guadalupe continue to remain a key unifying element in the Mexican nation. [3]