📚 Our Lady of Chiquinquirá

Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is a Marian devotion centered on a miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in Colombia. According to tradition, the image was painted in the sixteenth century on a cloth by the Spanish artist Alonso de Narváez. After years of neglect and deterioration, it was restored in a remarkable event in 1586, when the image reportedly became bright and clear again while being displayed in the town of Chiquinquirá.

The image depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, accompanied by St. Andrew and St. Anthony. Devotion spread throughout Colombia, and Our Lady of Chiquinquirá was proclaimed patroness of the nation by Pope Pius VII in 1829. Her shrine remains an important pilgrimage destination and a central expression of Colombian Catholic identity.

Feast Day: July 9
Patronage: Colombia and the Colombian people.

Our Lady Feast day
July 9Devotional
Colombia (Venezuela keeps November 18)

Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is a Marian devotion centered on a miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in Colombia. According to tradition, the image was painted in the sixteenth century on a cloth by the Spanish artist Alonso de Narváez. After years of neglect and deterioration, it was restored in a remarkable event in 1586, when the image reportedly became bright and clear again while being displayed in the town of Chiquinquirá.

The image depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, accompanied by St. Andrew and St. Anthony. Devotion spread throughout Colombia, and Our Lady of Chiquinquirá was proclaimed patroness of the nation by Pope Pius VII in 1829. Her shrine remains an important pilgrimage destination and a central expression of Colombian Catholic identity.

Patron of

Colombia and the Colombian people.

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