The Virgin Lady of Lujan, Argentina

by Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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The Virgin Lady of Lujan, Argentina

Artist

Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Photograph - Photographs

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Our Lady of Lujan (Spanish: Nuestra Senora de Lujan) is a celebrated 16th-century icon of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The image, also known as the Virgin of Lujan (Spanish: Virgen de Lujan), is on display in the Basilica of Lujan in Argentina. The feast day of Our Lady of Lujan is May 8.The Lujan image was made in Brazil and sent to Argentina.Tradition holds that a settler ordered the image of Mary Immaculate in 1630 because he intended to create a shrine in her honor to help reinvigorate the Catholic faith in Santiago del Estero, his region. After embarking from the port of Buenos Aires, the caravan carrying the image stopped at the residence of Don Rosendo Oramas, located in the present town of Zelaya.
When the caravan wanted to resume the journey, the oxen refused to move. Once the crate containing the image was removed, the animals started to move again. Given the evidence of a miracle, people believed the Virgin wished to remain there. The image was venerated in a primitive chapel for 40 years. Then the image was acquired by Ana de Matos and carried to Lujan, where it currently resides.
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