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Word: tonantzin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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...named Juan Diego reported a vision of the Virgin Mary and showed his cloak on which there was an image of a dark-skinned Madonna above a crescent moon. The Virgin of Guadalupe became the patroness of Mexico, and on the site of the Aztec temple to Mother-Goddess Tonantzin, Mexicans built the basilica that became their national shrine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Rebirth in Mexico | 5/9/1955 | See Source »

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