{"id":5825,"date":"2026-06-23T09:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rezaelrosario.org\/our-lady-of-copacabana"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T09:54:17","slug":"our-lady-of-copacabana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rezaelrosario.org\/sk\/our-lady-of-copacabana","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady of Copacabana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rr-om\">\n<style>\n.rr-om{max-width:880px;margin:0 auto;font-family:Inter,system-ui,sans-serif;color:#1E2A36}\n.rr-om h1{font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;color:#1F4E79;text-align:center;font-size:2.1rem;margin:.4rem 0 .2rem}\n.rr-om .rr-sub{text-align:center;color:#8A6D1D;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-size:1.15rem;margin:0 0 1.2rem}\n.rr-om .rr-lead{color:#344054;line-height:1.75;max-width:720px;margin:0 auto 1.2rem}\n.rr-om h2{font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;color:#1F4E79;font-size:1.45rem;border-bottom:2px solid #C9A227;padding-bottom:.35rem;margin:2.2rem 0 .9rem}\n.rr-om h3{font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;color:#1F4E79;font-size:1.1rem;margin:1.4rem 0 .5rem}\n.rr-om p{color:#344054;line-height:1.75}\n.rr-om .rr-card{background:#fff;border:1px solid #E6E1D8;border-radius:14px;box-shadow:0 4px 14px rgba(30,42,54,.06);padding:1.2rem 1.4rem;margin:0 0 1rem}\n.rr-om .rr-datos{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(240px,1fr));gap:10px;margin:.6rem 0}\n.rr-om .rr-dato{background:#F8F5EF;border:1px solid #E6E1D8;border-radius:10px;padding:.6rem .9rem;font-size:.95rem}\n.rr-om .rr-dato b{color:#1F4E79}\n.rr-om .rr-cita{background:#F8F5EF;border-left:3px solid #C9A227;padding:.8rem 1.1rem;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;margin:1rem 0;font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;color:#41506b}\n.rr-om .rr-cita .rr-quien{display:block;font-family:Inter,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-size:.8rem;color:#8A6D1D;margin-top:.4rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.04em}\n.rr-om .rr-nota{background:#F3E7BD66;border:1px solid #E6D9A8;border-radius:10px;padding:.6rem .9rem;color:#6B5512;font-size:.92rem;margin:.4rem 0 .9rem}\n.rr-om .rr-btns{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;justify-content:center;margin:1.6rem 0}\n.rr-om .rr-btn{background:#1F4E79;color:#fff;border-radius:999px;padding:.6rem 1.2rem;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:.92rem}\n.rr-om .rr-btn:hover{background:#183B5C;color:#F3E7BD}\n.rr-om .rr-flor{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#1F4E79,#183B5C);border-radius:16px;padding:1.6rem 1.4rem;color:#fff;margin:2rem 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid #C9A22755}\n.rr-om .rr-flor h3{color:#F3E7BD;margin-top:0}\n.rr-om .rr-flor p{color:#E8EDF3}\n.rr-om .rr-flor a{display:inline-block;background:#C9A227;color:#1E2A36;border-radius:999px;padding:.7rem 1.5rem;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;margin-top:.6rem}\n.rr-om .rr-fuentes{font-size:.88rem;color:#667085;border-top:1px solid #E6E1D8;padding-top:1rem;margin-top:2rem}\n@media(max-width:560px){.rr-om h1{font-size:1.7rem}}\n<\/style>\n\n<h1>Our Lady of Copacabana<\/h1>\n<p class=\"rr-sub\">Patroness of Bolivia<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"rr-lead\">Our Lady of Copacabana, also called the Virgin of Candelaria of Copacabana, is one of the oldest and most beloved Marian devotions in America. She is venerated in the shrine of Copacabana, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, in the Department of La Paz (Bolivia), at more than 3,800 metres of altitude. There, where the ancient Andean peoples had their sacred places, the Bolivian people recognize Mary as Mother and Queen.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Key facts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rr-datos\">\n<div class=\"rr-dato\"><b>Feast:<\/b> 5 August<\/div>\n<div class=\"rr-dato\"><b>Place:<\/b> shrine of Copacabana, La Paz (Bolivia)<\/div>\n<div class=\"rr-dato\"><b>Patroness of:<\/b> Bolivia<\/div>\n<div class=\"rr-dato\"><b>Maker of the image:<\/b> Francisco Tito Yupanqui (1583)<\/div>\n<div class=\"rr-dato\"><b>Devotion:<\/b> Virgin of Candelaria<\/div>\n<div class=\"rr-dato\"><b>Coronation:<\/b> Queen of the Nation (Pius XI, 1925)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Central devotion:<\/strong> Mary, venerated under the title of Candelaria, sustains the faith of the Andean people and is honoured as Mother and Queen of Bolivia.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The image carved by Tito Yupanqui<\/h2>\n<p>Devotion to the Virgin of Copacabana began in 1583, in the viceregal era. The image was carved by Francisco Tito Yupanqui, an indigenous sculptor descended from the Inca Wayna Qhapak. To perfect his work, he travelled to Potos\u00ed, where he learned his craft in the workshop of the master Diego Ortiz, and he took as his model an image of the Virgin of the Rosary that he found in the convent of Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>On 2 February 1583 the image arrived in the town of Copacabana, which received it with great festivity and enthroned it in the church. For this reason this shrine is among the oldest in America. The image is carved in maguey wood, overlaid with fine gold, with garments that evoke the colours and vestments of an Inca princess; she holds the Child on her left arm and, in her right hand, a little basket. The original image does not leave the shrine: a replica is used for the processions.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The shrine and its history<\/h2>\n<p>The fame of the image as miraculous soon spread throughout the region and across the continent. The Augustinian fathers raised the first main chapel between 1614 and 1618, and the basilica was promoted by the Viceroy of Lima, the Count of Lemos, and inaugurated in 1678. The present church dates from 1805. After the independence of Bolivia (1825), devotion to the Virgin of Copacabana was already deeply rooted in the faith of the people.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Queen and Patroness<\/h2>\n<p>On 1 August 1925, on the first centenary of the independence of Bolivia and on the occasion of the First National Eucharistic Congress, the Virgin of Copacabana was crowned as Queen of the Nation, by virtue of the apostolic brief of Pope Pius XI of 29 July of that year. Her feast is celebrated on 5 August, with its own liturgy and a great popular celebration, alongside the ancient memorial of 2 February, the day of the Virgin of Candelaria. Her veneration spread from Bolivia to other countries of America \u2014Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela\u2014 and also to Spain.<\/p>\n\n<h2>The spiritual message of Copacabana<\/h2>\n<p>Devotion to the Virgin of Copacabana speaks to us today with simple words:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcff <strong>Mary welcomes the faith of a people.<\/strong> Upon ancient sacred places a shrine was raised where Mary gathers her children.<br>\n\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f <strong>Mary blesses humble work.<\/strong> From the hands of an indigenous sculptor was born the image that today a whole country venerates.<br>\n\ud83d\udc51 <strong>Mary is honoured as Queen and Mother.<\/strong> Bolivia recognizes her as Queen of the Nation, while still feeling her close at hand.<br>\n\u271d\ufe0f <strong>Mary always leads to her Son.<\/strong> She carries the Child in her arms: she never keeps anything for herself, she always leads us to Jesus.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Prayer to Our Lady of Copacabana<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rr-card\">\n<p>Virgin of Copacabana, Queen and Mother of Bolivia:<br>\nyou who accompany your people from the heights of the Andes,<br>\nlook upon our needs and hear our pleas.<br>\nSustain our faith, encourage our hope<br>\nand lead us always by the hand to your Son Jesus.<br>\nAmen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pray also the <a href=\"\/en\/marian-prayers\/\">Marian prayers<\/a> and accompany your prayer with the <a href=\"\/en\/how-to-pray-the-rosary\/\">holy Rosary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"rr-flor\">\n<h3>\ud83c\udf39 A flower for the Virgin<\/h3>\n<p>Offer a simple prayer to Our Lady of Copacabana. Pray a Hail Mary for Bolivia.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\/en\/marian-prayers\/\">Pray a Hail Mary<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rr-btns\">\n<a class=\"rr-btn\" href=\"\/en\/marian-prayers\/\">\ud83d\ude4f Marian prayers<\/a>\n<a class=\"rr-btn\" href=\"\/en\/marian-calendar\/\">\ud83d\udcc5 Marian calendar<\/a>\n<a class=\"rr-btn\" href=\"\/en\/how-to-pray-the-rosary\/\">\ud83d\udcff Pray the Rosary<\/a>\n<a class=\"rr-btn\" href=\"\/en\/pray-the-rosary\/\">\ud83c\udf39 More devotions<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rr-fuentes\">\n<strong>Sources:<\/strong> \u00abVirgen de Copacabana,\u00bb Spanish Wikipedia (version consulted in 2026) \u00b7 details on the carving by Francisco Tito Yupanqui (1583), the coronation as Queen of the Nation (Pius XI, 1925), the feast of 5 August and the history of the shrine gathered from that article \u00b7 quotation from Alonso Ramos Gavil\u00e1n on the arrival of the image in Copacabana (1583).\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Lady of Copacabana Patroness of Bolivia Our Lady of Copacabana, also called the Virgin of Candelaria of Copacabana, is one of the oldest and most beloved Marian devotions in America. 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