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Crossing Mexico (1620–1621): Franciscan Nuns and Their Journey to the Philippines

2015; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 72; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/tam.2015.68

1533-6247

Sarah E. Owens,

Philippine History and Culture

In 1620, almost a hundred years after the Virgin of Guadalupe is said to have appeared to Juan Diego on the Hill of Tepeyac, a small group of Spanish nuns paid a visit to the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Like many others before and after them they stopped at the shrine on their way to Mexico City. The Franciscan nuns were traveling from Toledo to Manila and were about to cross Mexico to board the yearly Manila Galleon at the port of Acapulco.