Virgin of Suyapa
The Virgin of Suyapa is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary believed by many Hondurans to have been miraculously discovered in late January or early February 1747 by a labourer, Alejandro Colindres. Colindres found the statue on Piligüin mountain, northeast of Tegucigalpa, and took it home to his mother's house where it remained for 20 years. A chapel was constructed for the statue by 1777, and the first shrine was blessed in 1780.
When
- First attested
- 1747 CE
- Attested period
- 1747 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Statue discovered in 1747; shrine blessed in 1780; miracle in 1796; stolen in 1986.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- co occurs with
- Our Lady of Suyapa
- manifested by
- Blessed Virgin Mary
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The statue of the Virgin of Suyapa has a group of lay caretakers, all male, known as the Orden de los Caballeros de Suyapa, founded in the 20th century. They are responsible for caring for the image, and the small chapel. They escort the statue whenever it leaves the chapel to travel around Honduras, as it often does every February.”
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