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 | | Iconography of Juan Diego, linked to that of Guadalupe, multiplied in the 17th century, especially in places that were predominantly Indian. |
 | | In the work cited, "El encuentro de la Virgen de Guadalupe y Juan Diego", documents concerning "Guadalupe" were presented which date from the mid-16th century (from about 1555) to 1630: in all, there are 9 testaments, 2 documents concerning donations, 2 of a juridical kind (controversies); there are 11 references to Guadalupe in contemporary chronicles. |
 | | In the second half of the 16th century, and with greater momentum in the 17th century, Mexican Guadalupe was spread by the missionary friars and Spanish colonizers throughout the territory of present-day South America, from Mexico to the south of the continent. |
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