Our Lady of Guadalupe
Marian apparitions in December 1531 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Location | Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City |
Date | December 9–12, 1531 O.S. (December 19–22, 1531 N.S.) |
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Type | Marian apparition |
Approval | October 12, 1895 (canonical coronation granted by Pope Leo XIII) |
Venerated in | |
Shrine | Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tepeyac Hill, Mexico City, Mexico |
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Attributes | A pregnant woman, eyes downcast, hands clasped in prayer, clothed in a pink tunic robe covered by a cerulean mantle with a black sash, emblazoned with eight-point stars; eclipsing a blazing sun while standing atop a darkened crescent moon, a cherubic angel carrying her train |
Feast day | December 12 (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe) |
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions to a Mexican peasant named Juan Diego and his uncle, Juan Bernardino, which are believed to have occurred in December 1531, when the Mexican territories were under the Spanish Empire.
A venerated image on a cloak (tilmahtli) associated with the apparition is enshrined within the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Pope Leo XIII granted the image a decree of canonical coronation on February 8, 1887, and it was pontifically crowned on October 12, 1895. The basilica is the most-visited Catholic shrine in the world, and the world's third most-visited sacred site.[3][4]