''According to tradition, she first appeared to an indigenous Mexican, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, in 1531... She was among the first manifestations of the [[Virgin Mary]] in the newly colonized Americas. '' [http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&gkey=100&objkey=5960] | ''According to tradition, she first appeared to an indigenous Mexican, Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, in 1531... She was among the first manifestations of the [[Virgin Mary]] in the newly colonized Americas. '' [http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&gkey=100&objkey=5960] |