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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness
of the Americas, with four mirrors that reflect her story. Three feature Guadalupe
appearing in front of Juan Diego, recently canonized as a Saint. The fourth represents
the moment when Juan Diego visits the Bishop with the Castile roses cascading from
his cloak, revealing the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. According to the story,
it is then that the Bishop finally believes him and orders a church to be built
in Her honor.On December 9, 1531, some twelve years after Cortes arrived in Mexico,
an indigenous peasant named Juan Diego encountered a beautiful, dark-skinned woman
on Tepeyac Hill, the former site of an Aztec temple dedicated to the earth goddess
Tonatzin. This mysterious woman identified herself as the Virgin Mary, and she asked
Juan Diego to tell the bishop of Mexico to build a temple in her honor, so that
she could comfort and defend Mexicos weak and unfortunate. Three days later
on December 12, the Church accepted the veracity of Juan Diegos account, when
an image of the dark-skinned virgin appeared miraculously upon the peasants
cloak in the presence of the bishop. Every year on this date people throughout Mexico
honor La Virgen de Guadalupe. Hand painted on wood panel. Hand carved wooden frame..Titled
"La Virgen de Guadalupe con cuatro espejos" in Spanish. |
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