Virgin of the Remedies
Mexico (1519)
The Virgin of the Remedies is the oldest image venerated in Mexico, brought \by a soldier of Hernan Cortés during the Conquest.
It reached Mexican soll in 1519 with Juan Rodriguez de Villafuerte, from Basque, Spain, as guardian of his journey. It was in Veracruz where he presided over the first Mass in Mexico. Many Mexican cities have taken her as their patron.
After the statue was buried in that place, in 1540 the Indian leader Juan Tovar, on Totoltepec hill, had a vision in which the bright Virgin Mary urged him to rescue her forgotten image. He told his story to the Franciscans but it wasn’t until an Indian died in a factory accident that the image was found buried. Tovar reverently took the small image home where it became an object of devotion.
Text and image used with permission.
Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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