This figure was approved by the Holy See in the papel brief Non
This figure was approved by the Holy See in the papel brief Non Est Equidem, and devotion to theshrine to this figure was encouraged by the Church after the temple to Tonantzin was destroyed in thesame site. In a story found in the Nican Mopohua, the image of this figure was revealed to Juan deZumarraga after roses fell off of a tilma cloak of the peasant (*) Juan Diego, who had seen a mestizaapparition of this figure. A massive pilgrimage, sometimes performed on the knees, to the basilica of thisfigure occurs every year on December 12, during which musicians perform the song "Las MaÃ±anitas"and participants carry representations of this figure until they reach Tepeyac Hill. For 10 points, namethis "Patroness of the Americas," an icon of the Virgin Mary especially revered in Mexico.
This figure was approved by the Holy See in the papel brief Non
Our Lady of Guadalupe [or the Virgin of Guadalupe; or Nuestra SeÃ±ora de Guadalupe; or La Virgen de Guadalupe; prompt on Mary before it is read]