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anniversaries
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January 7
Nuestra Seņora de Guadalupe, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Six years after becoming bishop of Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde founded the
Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in what was then a sparsely populated area on
the north side of town. Its first stone was laid January 7, 1777; four years later,
on January 7, 1781, the completed church was consecrated. In addition to
funding construction himself, Bishop Alcalde built low-rent housing for the poor
in the shrine's neighborhood, which grew quickly and is now one of the main districts of the
city. It hosts a great fiesta each year on December 12, the day the Virgin appeared to St. Juan Diego in 1531 and left her image on his cloak, preserved in her Basilica near Mexico City. Sources:
 | Ricardo Quijas, "Photos at Santuario de
Nuestra Seņora de Guadalupe - Church in Guadalajara," Foursquare
City Guide, foursquare.com/v/santuario-de-nuestra-se%C3%B1ora-de-guadalupe/4c4ce2a350710f4725ccc932 (detail
of 1779 painting from photo of main altar)) |
| Santuario de Nuestra Seņora de Guadalupe (Guadalajara, Jalisco) - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre,
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santuario_de_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Guadalupe_(Guadalajara,_Jalisco) |
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Also celebrated this date:
| Santissima Pietā, Cannobio, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy.
Festa dei Lumineri night procession commemorates fresco's bleeding in
1522. Mass and day procession January 8. |
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