Butler, Sara (Aston) · New York, Cincinnati, The Abingdon press · leaf 36
sque of Cordova in Spain. THE CHURCH OF NAUCALPAN, WITH THE VIRGIN OF REMEDIOS When Cortez prepared to sail from Spainfor the New World he carried in a supply ofimages of the Virgin Mary which he set upin Aztec sacred places, whence the idols hadbeen dethroned. On the so-called NocheTriste, the… … HISTORIC CHURCHES IN MEXICO dios, mysteriously disappeared. Twelveyears later, according to the story, this imagewas discovered under a maguey, or centuryplant, by an Indian (Aztec) cacique, or chief-tain, who took it to his house and placed iton his domestic altar, where he worshiped itas the…
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