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In 1999, the Church officially proclaimed her the Patroness of the Americas, the Empress of Latin America, and the Protectress of Unborn Children. [102] In 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla initiated the bid for Mexican independence with his Grito de Dolores, with the cry "Death to the Spaniards and long live the Virgin of Guadalupe!"
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, is celebrated on Dec. 12. In New York, a church of the same name is a seminal part of the city's Spanish and Hispanic history.
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
Mexico - Our Lady of Guadalupe [20] Jalisco - Our Lady of Expectation (Our Lady of Zapopan) [22] United States - Patroness of the United States under her title of the Immaculate Conception [23] Louisiana - Our Lady of Prompt Succor [24] Mississippi - Our Lady of Sorrows; Guam - Santa Marian Kamalen; Canada - Notre-Dame-du-Cap [17]
Guadalupe Municipality (disambiguation), several municipalities; Sierra de Guadalupe (disambiguation) Valle de Guadalupe (disambiguation), several locations; Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of Mexico, the Americas, and secondary Patroness of the Philippines Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City
The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (in English: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is a basilica of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invocation of Our Lady of Guadalupe, located at the foot of the Hill of Tepeyac in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City.
Standing in the neighborhood of Colonia Independencia, just outside the city's downtown area, the temple is one of the larger Church edifices in northern Mexico. It is dedicated to Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of America, who reportedly appeared to St Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill outside Mexico City in 1531. [4]
Our Lady of Guadalupe quickly gained prestige in Hispanic America. Father Hidalgo lead rebels with the famous Grito de Dolores in 1810: "¡Viva Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, muera el mal gobierno, mueran los gachupines!" (transl. "Long live our Lady of Guadalupe, down with bad government, down with the spurred ones" (or Spanish Mexicans)) [9]