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Jul 8, 2024 · St Juan Diego was a Chichimec native peasant to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared and worked miracles. He is the first canonized saint from the indigenous peoples of North America.
6 days ago · On Dec. 9, Roman Catholics celebrate St. Juan Diego, the indigenous Mexican Catholic convert whose encounter with the Virgin Mary began the Church's devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Jun 24, 2024 · The account of Juan Diego and his efforts to carry out the apparition's wishes to build a shrine on the hill is known as the "Nican Mopohua" ("Thus It Is Told"), after its opening words, and it has been understood for centuries to be the definitive account of what happened.
Sep 27, 2023 · At that time, in the year fifteen hundred and thirty one, in the early days of the month of December, it happened that there lived a poor Indian, named Juan Diego, said being a native of...
2 days ago · On May 3, 1990, 19-year-old Juan José Barragán hurled himself off the balcony of his Mexico City apartment and plunged 30 feet onto the concrete below. The severely depressed teenager sustained grievous head injuries and was not expected to live. His frantic family prayed to Juan Diego for a miracle.
2 days ago · During this time, Juan Diego — who was a member of the Chichimecas but lived in the region that was part of a vast Aztec empire — and his wife began to attend Mass at the Church of St. Diego. In 1525, at the age of 50, he and his wife were baptized by Gante and took new names: Juan Diego and Maria Lucia.
2 days ago · In 1531, the Blessed Mother appeared four times to Juan Diego, a native peasant, on a hill outside present-day Mexico. During her final visit on Dec. 12, 1531, Our Lady arranged roses in his tilma, which he then brought to his bishop as a sign to build a church in her honor.
