Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of 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.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Detail of the face, showing the discoloration on the top part of the head, where a crown is said to have been present at some point, now obscured by an enlarged frame for unknown reasons
Preliminary drawing of the Mexican Coat of arms, c. 1743
Virgin of Guadalupe in Monastery of Guadalupe, in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, illustrating the example of a black madonna
A Marian apparition is a reported supernatural appearance by Mary the mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time.
The Marian Vision of Saint Bernard, by Fra Bartolommeo, c. 1504. Uffizi, Florence
Statue of Our Lady of La Salette, an apparition reported to have occurred in France
Our Lady of Guadalupe is widely considered integral to the cultural identity of Mexico and Latin American culture.
Jetzer being tricked. Jetzer was a Dominican friar in Bern, and some of his brothers tricked him into thinking he was receiving a revelation from the Virgin Mary. Eventually he realized the truth. As punishment for this scandal, four Dominicans were burned at the stake by order of Pope Julius II with an audience of 30,000 people on May 1, 1509.
