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Vintage Saint Lady of Guadalupe framed in Convex Glass Description Vintage Saint Lady of Guadalupe framed in Convex Glass Completely round in convex glass floral decoration inside like a diorama, with lace, decoupage, and Mexican Flag colors. Measures 9" across and needs a hanger to be attached Came from a monastery in San Antonio years ago In 1810 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla initiated the bid for Mexican independence with his Grito de Dolores , with the cry " Death to the Spaniards and long live the Virgin of Guadalupe!" When Hidalgo's mestizo-indigenous army attacked Guanajuato and Valladolid , they placed "the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which was the insignia of their enterprise, on sticks or on reeds painted different colors" and "they all wore a print of the Virgin on their hats." [29 ] After Hidalgo's death leadership of the revolution fell to a zambo /mestizo priest named Jose Maria Morelos , who led insurgent troops in the Mexican south. Morelos adopted the Virgin as the seal of his Congress of Chilpancingo , inscribing her feast day into the Chilpancingo constitution and declaring that Guadalupe was the power behind his victories:
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