Antique Catholic Our Lady Of Guadalupe Mexican Shrine Church Bronze Medal
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:31571937 | Featured Refinements: Antique Catholic Medal |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico | Handmade: No |
| Religion: Christianity | Modified Item: No |
Pleasenote that same medal prices vary, based on condition and appearance. This is a Catholic Confraternity of Our Lady of GuadalupeMedal from the Basilica of Our lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. Its size is 1.5inches. It is one of a handful of pilgrimage site medals, all from the privateestate collection of Bertha, the founder of Church-Woman Antique.The story of the 1531 Guadalupe apparition of the VirginMother Mary is one of the most fascinating in all Catholic lore. According toac...counts, a poor Indian by the name of Juan Diego came across a vision of whathe described as a 'lady from heaven' while on a mountainside in NorthwestMexico City. According to Diego, this woman instructed him to create a templeat the site of this vision. In addition, she somehow imprinted her likenessinto his cactus-cloth. Although such cloth normally deteriorates rapidly overtime, Diego's cloth survives to this day, more than 470 years after theapparition, in defiance of scientific rationale. Today, the shrine of Our Ladyof Guadalupe is one of the most important Catholic churches in the Westernhemisphere. All told, more than 10 million people visit the Basilica of OurLady of Guadalupe every year. Pope John Paul II, for his part, made pilgrimagesto this Mexican sanctuary four times during his tenure as the leader of theCatholic Church. As with the so-called Miraculous Medal, which stirredreligious feeling in 19th century France, the Our Lady of Guadalupe medal hashelped to focus Catholic passions in America.Good luck bidding!
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