Dear Mexican: How did the patron saint of Mexico get a name derived from Arabic? El Moro Judio Dear Jewish Moor: You’re referring to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the brown-skinned apparition of the Virgin Mary, who tradition says appeared before the Aztec peasant Juan Diego in December 1531 just outside of modern-day Mexico City. As […]
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