The Santuario y Colegiata de Ocotlán, an attractive church a mile or so east of Tlaxcala, was consecrated in 1854; it offers Geoffrey the "sanctuary" he seeks (31).
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| Santuario Ocotlán in Tlaxcala... It is a Sanctuary whose white and embellished steeples 38.7 meters high, of an overloading style, gives an imposing and majestic impression. The frontage trimmed with sacred Archangels, St Francis and the epithet of Virgin Mary statues. Its construcción is made out of carved work in perfect dimensions decorated with allegorical symbols and flowers... The whole is of a singular beauty, not found in any church of the Republic – UTV, 299.
The Santuario y Colegiata de Ocotlán, an attractive church a mile or so east of Tlaxcala, was consecrated in 1854; it offers Geoffrey the "sanctuary" he seeks (31). |
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| The Santuario Ocotlán is dedicated to the legend of Juan Diego and the Virgin of the Burning Pine: one fine spring day in 1541 Juan Diego, on his way to get water for the sick, met the Virgin in pine forest; she promised the next time they met to give him water that would better samarián the sick. When next they met, beside a barranca, he asked for the water and she created a pure fountain from the rocks. Juan Diego's story was examined by the Franciscans, who went to the pine wood that night, and found a large pine burning without being consumed; opening it they found a beautiful image of Mary, which they took to the nearby Capilla de San Lorenzo. The next night, miraculously, the image of the Virgin had assumed the place of the saint. | |