Antique Spanish Colonial Guadalupe Shrine Corpus Christi Pilgrimage Rosary Medal

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Antique Spanish Colonial Guadalupe Shrine Corpus Christi Pilgrimage Rosary Medal:
$29.99

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This original cast antique 19th century medal is a pilgrimage medal from the Basilica of Our lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. Its size is 1.25 inches, and it weighs 9 grams. It is one of a handful of pilgrimage site medals, all from the private estate collection of Bertha, the founder of Church-Woman Antique.

The story of the 1531 Guadalupe apparition of theVirgin Mother Mary is one of the most fascinating in all of Catholic lore.According to accounts, a poor Indian by the name of Juan Diego came across avision of what he described as a \'lady from heaven\' while on a mountainside inNorthwest Mexico City. According to Diego, this woman instructed him to createa temple at the site of this vision. In addition, she somehow imprinted herlikeness into his cactus-cloth. Although such cloth normally deterioratesrapidly over time, Diego\'s cloth survives to this day, more than 470 yearsafter the apparition, in defiance of scientific rationale. Today, the shrine ofOur Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most important Catholic churches in theWestern hemisphere. All told, more than 10 million people visit the Basilica ofOur Lady of Guadalupe every year. Pope John Paul II, for his part, madepilgrimages to this Mexican sanctuary four times during his tenure as theleader of the Catholic Church. As with the so-called Miraculous Medal, whichstirred religious feeling in 19th century France, the Our Lady of Guadalupemedal has helped to focus Catholic passions in America.

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