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Virgin of Guadalupe		  
 

Virgin of Guadalupe - flowered edge

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The Virgin of Guadalupe is depicted surrounded by flowers. She instructed Juan Diego to pick flowers in winter and to bring them to the Bishop as proof of her apparition. Juan Diego carried the flowers in his cloak on which the image of the Virgin then appeared.
 

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