Juan Diego
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Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, also known simply as Juan Diego, was a Nahua peasant and Marian visionary. He is said to have been granted apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe on four occasions in Decembe
Saint Juan Diego by Miguel Cabrera, 1752
At the foot of the Tepeyac Hill
Juan Diego by Miguel Cabrera
Engraving published in the book Happiness of Mexico in 1666 and 1669 (Spain) representing Juan Diego during the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Tilmàtli
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A tilmàtli was a type of outer garment worn by men as a cloak/cape, documented from the late Postclassic and early Colonial eras among the Aztec and other peoples of central Mexico.
Juan Diego
…before don Juan de Zumárraga, then the first bishop of Mexico. The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at the foot of Tepeyac, houses the cloak (tilmahtli) that is traditionally said to be Juan Diego's, and upon which the image of the Virgin is said to have been miraculously impressed as proof of the…
Virgin of Guadalupe
Aztec warrior priests and priests as depicted in the Codex Mendoza, wearing battle suits and tilmàtli tunics.
Nezahualpiltzintli wearing an elaborate tilmàtli.