He is said to have been granted an apparition of the Virgin Mary on four separate occasions in December 1531 at the hill of Tepeyac, then outside but now well within metropolitan Mexico City.
Ia berkata bahwa mengalami penampakan Bunda Maria pada empat kesempatan terpisah pada Desember 1531 di bukit Tepeyac, yang pada waktu itu berada di luar namun sekarang terkenal di metropolitan Mexico City.