Juan Diego sees the Virgin Mary on a hillside in 1531 who tells him to have a church built there. When he tells the bishop, he is asked for proof. The Virgin tells Juan Diego to pick flowers, and he finds them blooming out of season. When he opens his cloak before the bishop, an image of the Virgin is miraculously imprinted on the fabric. Over 450 years later, scientists cannot explain how the image is preserved on the 16th century fabric. The cloak is now displayed in a new basilica built due to the sinking of the original one.

1. Virgen de Guadalupe December 12 Celebrated all over Mexico

2. Virgen de Guadalupe Juan Diego crosses a hill on his way to mass. December 9 1531 Blinding light and music stopped him on this barren hillside A beautiful dark skinned woman la virgen morena who declared herself to be the Virgin Mary told Juan Diego that she wanted a church built there on the hillside. As difficult as it was, Juan Diedo got a meeting with the Bishop who nearly laughed at him and told him to bring proof. Afraid that he could not provide proof, he avoided crossing the hill until one day when he was in a hurry. Sure enough the Virgen appeared again. He told her of the Bishop’s request and she instructed him to pick the flowers from the hillside. No flowers, barren hillside..suddenly millions of flowers appeared and he wrapped them in his cloak or cape. When he saw the bishop again and spilled the flowers onto the floor a vision of the virgen appeared the quality of which is unexplainable. Why? People at this time did not have paints or they believe the ability to paint such an exquisite portrait The cloak has been tested by scientists around the world and they are unable to explain it. The fabric has been proven to be from the 16th century After over 450 years, the cloak has been beautifully preserved and now is displayed at the Basilica of the Virgen just north of Mexico City. New basilica because the original one is sinking into the soft sandy soil upon which Mexico city was built.