Always under your protection 🤍🙏 History of the Virgen de Guadalupe & Her Image The image of the Virgen de Guadalupe dates back to 1531, when she is believed to have appeared to an Indigenous man, Juan Diego, on Tepeyac Hill in what is now Mexico City. She spoke to him in Nahuatl, asked for a church to be built, and left her image miraculously imprinted on his tilma (cloak) as proof. What made the image powerful was its symbolism: her features, clothing, stars, and posture reflected Indigenous