St. Juan Diego Statue 9" High

HAND PAINTED STATUE – 9 Inches High & 4 Inches Wide is made of "Marfilita", which is a mixture of resin and marble dust to strengthen the resin. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (Cuautitlán, May 5, 1474 – Mexico City, May 30, 1548), was, according to Catholic tradition, a Chichimeca Indian who witnessed the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531. He was beatified in 1990 and canonized in 2002, in both cases by Pope John Paul II. STORY ABOUT HIMJuan Diego is the first indigenous Saint of America and the third Mexican Saint to be canonized. Juan Diego belonged to the largest and lowest class of the Aztec Empire; according to the Nican Mopohua, he was a “poor Indian”, that is, one who did not belong to any of the social categories of the Empire, such as officials, priests, warriors, merchants, etc., nor was he part of the class of slaves. On Saturday, December 9, 1531, very early in the morning, during one of his walks on the way to Tenochtitlán, he reached the slopes of the hill cal