Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is a name for the Virgin Mary who is said to have appeared at Tepeyac Hills in Guadalupe, a town near Mexico City. She is said to have appeared to a poor native American named Juan Diego. Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most popular cultural and religious icons in the Hispanic world. The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated each year by the Catholic Church on December 12, the anniversary of her appearance.
| Our Lady of Guadalupe | |
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 Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. | |
| Location | Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City |
| Date | December 12, 1531 |
| Witness | Saint Juan Diego |
| Type | Marian apparition |
| Holy See approval | 25 May 1754, during the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XIV |
| Shrine | Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, Mexico |
Our Lady Of Guadalupe Media
Detail of the face, showing the discoloration on the top part of the head, where a crown was present at some point, now obscured by an enlarged frame for unknown reasons.
Virgin of Guadalupe in Monastery of Guadalupe, in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, illustrating the example of a black Madonna.
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The new (left) and old basilica church.
Virgen de Guadalupe con las cuatro apariciones by Juan de Sáenz (Virgin of Guadalupe with the four apparitions by Juan de Sáenz), c. 1777, at the Museo Soumaya.
Virgin of Guadalupe, September 1, 1824. Oil on canvas by Isidro Escamilla at the Brooklyn Museum.
Tepeyac from 1917 is the oldest movie about the apparitions of Guadalupe.
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