Marian devotion
Chiquinquirá and Colombian soldiers
Colombia
Colombian soldiers take Chiquinquirá as their protector.
Place: Colombia
Type: Apparition / Advocation
In the Colombian army, it is a tradition for each soldier to carry an image of Chiquinquirá. Before each mission, the soldiers pray to her.
Tradition tells that the Virgin of Chiquinquirá protected Colombian soldiers in the Korean war. The soldiers were wearing a medal and said the Virgin saved them.
General Velásquez, before each battle, kneeled before a picture of Chiquinquirá.
Chiquinquirá is the Generala of the Colombian army.
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