Lady of Guadalupe

The Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Juan Diego, an Indian Christian, whom she sent to the bishop with the request to build a Church in her honor on the hill where she appeared. The bishop asked Juan Diego for a sign to prove that the Virgin had appeared to him. Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego again and promised that his uncle would be healed. She directed Juan Diego to gather a bouquet of flowers that miraculously appeared on a bush nearby to present to the bishop. Juan Diego gathered the flowers in his tilma (cloak). When he opened his tilma before the bishop, the flowers fell to the floor, and the bishop was amazed to see the miraculous image of the Mother of God imprinted on the cloak. The image persuaded the bishop to believe what Juan Diego had told him, and the Church was built.