Our Lady of Lujan
Argentina (1630)
Around the year 1630, when a man from Portugal was transporting the statue and his mules stopped on the shores of the Lujan River, he left it with a slave who for more than forty years was its guardian, building a brick chapel for the many pilgrims who came to venerate it.
It was later moved to the location where it currently resides. In 1887 a basilica was built on the spot.
Among the Popes who have honored Our Lady of Lujan are Clement Xl, Clement XIV, Pius VI, Pius IX, Leo XIII, Pius Xl, Pius Xll, and John Paul II, who personally bestowed a Golden Rose on the statue of Our Lady.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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