Mexico City : A lesser known part of the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe is receiving renewed attention as pilgrims gather for this year’s feast. While the apparitions to saint juan diego took place on tepeyac hill in 1531, the moment when the miraculous image appeared on his cloak happened somewhere else entirely.

Historians and church researchers explain that the image was imprinted on the tilma at the residence of bishop juan de zumárraga, the first bishop of mexico. Juan diego had gone there to present the winter roses that the Virgin Mary asked him to carry as a sign. When he opened his cloak before the bishop, the flowers fell to the floor and the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on the fabric.

The bishop’s home at the time stood next to what is now the metropolitan cathedr

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