THE
Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe) is a Catholic feast that celebrates the belief that a man encountered
the Virgin Mary, Mexico's patron saint, in Mexico City on December 9
and 12, 1531.
It was said that she was the reincarnation of the Aztec goddess Tonantzin.
Born
on the banks of the Rio Grande between the US and Mexico, Antonius
Subia was inspired to paint this portrait of Antinous as Guadalupe.
Antonius says:
I
told them I had seen Antinous on the hilltop but they didn't believe
me, something about drugs and alcohol and that I am a Mexican, and must
be delusional.
So
I let my poncho unfold and pink lotus flowers fell to the floor and
behold there was a miraculous image of ANTINOUS on my poncho, by no
means painted by human hands!
"Rebuild my Temple, Antonyus," he said to me in Nahuatl.
~ANTONYUS SUBIA
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