Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Marian apparition of Mexican origin.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Marian apparition of the Catholic Church of Mexican origin, whose image has its main center of worship in the Basilica of Guadalupe, located on the slopes of the hill of Tepeyac, in the north of Mexico City.
According to Mexican oral tradition, and as described by historical documents of the Vatican and others found around the world in different archives, it is believed that the Virgin Mary, appeared four times to the Indian San Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on the hill of Tepeyac , and a fifth occasion to Juan Bernardino, uncle of Juan Diego. The Guadalupan story known as Nican Mopohua narrates that after the first appearance, the Virgin ordered Juan Diego to appear before the first bishop of Mexico, Juan de Zumárraga. Juan Diego in the last appearance of the Virgin, and by order of this, took in his ayate some flowers that cut in the Tepeyac. Juan Diego deployed his ayate before Bishop Juan de Zumárraga, revealing the image of the Virgin Mary, dark and with mestizo features.
According to Mexican oral tradition, and as described by historical documents of the Vatican and others found around the world in different archives, it is believed that the Virgin Mary, appeared four times to the Indian San Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on the hill of Tepeyac , and a fifth occasion to Juan Bernardino, uncle of Juan Diego. The Guadalupan story known as Nican Mopohua narrates that after the first appearance, the Virgin ordered Juan Diego to appear before the first bishop of Mexico, Juan de Zumárraga. Juan Diego in the last appearance of the Virgin, and by order of this, took in his ayate some flowers that cut in the Tepeyac. Juan Diego deployed his ayate before Bishop Juan de Zumárraga, revealing the image of the Virgin Mary, dark and with mestizo features.
