The Virgin of Guadalupe

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The Virgin of Guadalupe

• By Maria Tinoco-Manriquez

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San Juan Diego Basics

• Born 1474
• Weaver, farmer, and laborer
• He was Chichimeca
• Saw the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1524 (he was 57)

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San Juan Diego Basics

• Original name Cuauhtlatoatzin
• 1524-1525 converted to Catholicism, baptized Juan
  Diego
• Widower by 1529
• Lived with uncle Bernardino

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A Bit of Geography

• Traveled to Tlaltelolco, Tenochtitlan to worship.
• Passed the Cerro del Tepeyac (Tepeyac Hill) every
  time
• Lived in Tulpetlac, nine miles from church

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• The Miracle!

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The Apparitions

• December 9, 1531 saw the Virgin in the Cerro del
  Tepeyac.
• Build a church HERE!

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Dont Doubt Jesus' Mom

• BishopSkeptical, wants proof
• Uncle sick, ignores Virgins orders to come back,
  and goes to priest
• Virgin appears and says uncle is cured
• Juan Diego is ordered to pick flowers from frozen
  hill. Take them back to Bishop

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• Tilma- mantel made of cactus fiber
• Juan Diego carried the roses back in a tilma

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• Juan Diego came to the Bishop and released the
  flowers from his tilma.
• The image of the Virgin appeared miraculously

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Syncretism!

• the attempted reconciliation or union of
  different or opposing principles, practices, or
  parties, as in philosophy or religion.

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• Her skin is not that of a European.
• She is standing on the moon, making her greater
  than the moon god of the Aztecs.