Our Lady of Guadalupe of San Luis Potosí, the main Guadalupan center of the city, venerated in the Basilica of Guadalupe

Marian title of San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí)

The existence of a hermita guadalupana documented since 1656 ni de un main guadalupan center under the title "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de San Luis Potosí" in a city called San Luis Potosí, located in Colombia; it is also not known that there is a "departamento de San Luis Potosí" in Colombia in the current political-administrative division of the country.

Main data

Origin and history

The existence of a hermita guadalupana documented since 1656 ni de un main guadalupan center under the title "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de San Luis Potosí" in a city called San Luis Potosí, located in Colombia; it is also not known that there is a "departamento de San Luis Potosí" in Colombia in the current political-administrative division of the country.

The references that do appear in sources of tourism, press and reviews of pilgrims describe a "Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe" in the city of San Luis Potosí, Mexicolocated on a road known popularly as Calzada de Guadalupe, important center of Guadalupana devotion in that Mexican city. This reality corresponds to San Luis Potosí (Mexico), no a Colombia.

No documentation has been found to prove the existence of a Marian minor sanctuary or basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the characteristics described, in a homonymous place in Colombia. Consequently, no consta the documented history of this advocation as described for "San Luis Potosí, Colombia."

The image and the sanctuary

The sources consulted do not provide any description of a imagen propia, diferenciada of Our Lady of Guadalupe associated with a Marian sanctuary in "San Luis Potosí, Colombia"; there is no type of support (painting, sculpture, relief), material, or specific iconographic features attributable to a local image with that title.

The only verifiable descriptions refer, again, to Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in San Luis Potosí (Mexico), mentioned as an important temple and devotional reference point in that city. However, such data cannot be applied to Colombia without geographical and historical confusion.

Therefore, regarding the supposed sanctuary in "San Luis Potosí, Colombia":

– Official name of the temple: no consta. – Canon condition (minor basilica, national / diocesan sanctuary): no consta ningún decreto ni mención oficial que respalde tal reconocimiento en Colombia. – Architectural or historical description of the building: no consta.

Sponsorship and coronation

There is no documentary record of the existence in Colombia of an officially recognized Marian advocation "Our Lady of Guadalupe of San Luis Potosí" with patronage over a city, municipality or diocese under that name. Colombian sources that speak of Guadalupana devotion generally refer to Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexicowhose feast is held on December 12 and whose cult has spread throughout the world, including Colombia.

On possible coronations:

– Canonical coronation: no consta una coronación canónica documentada para una imagen local de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en “San Luis Potosí, Colombia”. – Las coronaciones canónicas y títulos solemnes (Reina de México, Patrona de América Latina, “Emperatriz de las Américas”) que se encuentran en las fuentes se refieren siempre a la image of the Tepeyac (Mexico City) and its continental irradiation.

Party and devotion

La liturgical feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the universal calendar of many particular churches of America is celebrated 12 Decemberin memory of the Virgin of Guadalupe of Mexico. This date is widely observed in parishes and shrines of Colombia, where solemn masses, novenas, processions and acts of popular piety are organized in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

However, in relation to a case "centro guadalupano principal de la ciudad" in San Luis Potosí, Colombia, no constan:

- organized and stable pilgrimages to a sanctuary with that name; - data of inflow of faithful, or statistics of Romeria; - specific popular traditions associated with a Guadalupan sanctuary in that particular location.

What is generally documented is that the Guadalupana devotion (a la Virgen del Tepeyac) convokes millions of faithful every December 12, both in Mexico and in many countries of America, including Colombia, where they are venerated with special affection.

Link to the Rosary

No specific reference has been found to establish a distinct and own link between a titled title "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de San Luis Potosí" in Colombia and the prayer of the Rosary (for example, co-fradies of the Rosary erected in that sanctuary, particular indulgences or unique practices associated with that image). Therefore, no consta a particular documented link.

It is clear, however, that the Guadalupana devotion in general - focused on the Virgin of Guadalupe of Mexico - is usually lived together with rezo of the Holy Rosaryboth in the Tepeyac and in the Guadalupan communities throughout America. The Rosary, by meditating on the mysteries of Christ's life together with Mary, becomes a daily way to welcome the Guadalupan message: to listen to the Word of God, to trust in the Mother's intercession and to live faith with hope and closeness to the poorest. In this sense, wherever the Virgin of Guadalupe is venerated, the Rosary is a privileged way to deepen Marian spirituality and union with Jesus Christ.