The Story of Juan Diego: Americas first Historically Recorded Vision of the Virgin Mary

Ten years after Hernando Cortez had conquered Mexico City, and long before the settlements in Jamestown the first recorded apparition in America was documented by the Indigenous writer Antonio Valeriano.   Valeriano’s document, published in 1649, is featured in “El Nican Mopohua” and was written in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs or Mexicano’s. The story … Continue reading The Story of Juan Diego: Americas first Historically Recorded Vision of the Virgin Mary