Juan de Zumárraga
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Juan de Zumárraga, OFM was a Spanish Basque Franciscan prelate and the first Bishop of Mexico. He was also the region's first inquisitor. He wrote Doctrina breve, the first book published in the Weste
Juan de Zumarraga
Juan de Zumárraga, the first archbishop and inquisitor of Mexico City
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe and as La Virgen Morena, is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to hi
Juan de Zumárraga
…14, 1535, with the arrival of the first viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza, the rule of the new oidores ended. The canonical account of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531 features the archbishop as a major player in the story, but, although Zumárraga was a prolific writer, there is nothing in his extant writings…
Preliminary drawing of the Mexican Coat of arms, c. 1743.
Detail of the face, showing the discoloration on the top part of the head, where a crown was present at some point, now obscured by an enlarged frame for unknown reasons.
Virgin of Guadalupe in Monastery of Guadalupe, in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, illustrating the example of a black Madonna.