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Our Lady of Chiquinquirá
Patron of Colombia
Tradition tells us that four centuries ago, Don Antonio de Santana, encomendero of the peoples of Suta and Chiquinquirá, asked the Spanish Alonso de Narváez (ca. 1560) to paint an image of the Virgen del Rosario, to place in a small chapel.
The painting was done on a cotton cloth from indigenous, medium 44 inches high by 49 wide, Alonso de Narvaez used colors in tempera, made ​​an image of the Virgen del Rosario with the Child Jesus, and sides made ​​the Apostle San Andres and San Antonio de Padua.
The box was placed in the chapel that had Don Antonio in his chambers of Suta, was there for over a decade, but the chapel had a thatched roof, which caused moisture to deteriorate the paint until it is completely blurred.
After Santana's death, his widow, moved to Chiquinquirá, circa 1577-78. The image was taken to that place, but was in such poor condition that was abandoned in a room, room that had once been used as an oratory.
At the beginning of the year 1586, settled in Chiquinquirá, a pious woman, Maria Ramos, born in Seville (Spain), Mrs. repaired the old chapel and hung in the place of the chapel, the damaged painting of the Virgin of the Rosary.
On December 26, 1586, Mary left the chapel, when she passed by an Indian woman named Isabel and her young son. At that time Mary Elizabeth scream "look, look lady ..." She glanced toward the painting, the image was surrounded by bright flashes, colors and wonderfully original luster had reappeared, scratches and holes in the cloth were gone. With such a wonderful event started the devotion to Our Lady of Chiquinquirá.