Chiquinquirá - History of the Miraculous Canon
Chiquinquirá · Boyacá · Colombia · 1586
The damaged canvas
In 1562, the Constable Alonso Luis de Lugo commissioned the painter Alonso de Narváez a canvas with the image of the Virgin of the Rosary with Saint Anthony of Padua and the Apostle Andrew. The canvas was placed in a chapel of Chiquinquirá but was abandoned for years: the fabric deteriorated, the colors disappeared and the canvas was almost unreadable.
Miraculous renewal (December 26, 1586)
In 1586, a devout woman called Maria Ramos He came to live in Chiquinquirá and began to pray daily to the damaged canvas. On December 26, 1586, while she and a group of women prayed, the canvas was suddenly renewed: the colors returned, the image appeared bright as recently painted. The prodigy was observed by numerous witnesses.
The apparition of the Child (1588)
In 1588, during a procession, an indigenous girl called Maria He saw the Child Jesus on the canvas and began to scream with joy. The prodigy was confirmed by other witnesses. The ecclesiastical researchers concluded that the renewal of the canvas and this apparition were genuine phenomena.
Patrona de Colombia
Pope Pius VII declared it Patrona of Colombia in 1829. The party's on July 9. The devotion to the Virgin of Chiquinquirá is so rooted in Colombia that the nickname "la Chinca" is of daily use.