Holy Mary of El Pueblito
Mexico (1632)
The miraculous image and title of Santa Maria de El Pueblito dates back to 1632, for this was the time when the humble priest and religious Franciscan Friar Sebastian Gallegos, skilled and inspired sculptor, who lived in the convent of San Francisco el Grande city of Queretaro, carved in his studio and with his own hands this image depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary in the mystery of her Immaculate Conception.
Currently the population has three celebrations: the oldest and most authentic culminating on Sunday called carnival, liturgical celebration that before the fourth Sunday after Easter Saturday, and the anniversary of the coronation two Sundays after October 17.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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