Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana (Copacabana, Manco Kapac, Bolivia)
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found: Historia del celebre santuario de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana, y sus milagros, è invencion de la Cruz de Carabuco ..., 1621 :t.p. (santuario de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana)
found: Spanish Wikipedia, Sept. 8, 2011(Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana; also known as the Templo de Copacabana; located in the city of Copacabana in the Department of La Paz, Bolivia; founded in 1580 and reconstructed between 1610 and 1651; the statue of Nuestra Señora de Copacabana was carved by the Francisco Tito Yupanqui, an indegenous artist. Pope Pius XII promoted the sanctuary to a Basilica in 1940)
found: Saints SQPN website, Sept. 8, 2011(A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary standing four feet tall, made of plaster and maguey fiber, and created by Francisco Tito Yupanqui. Except for the face and hands, it is covered in gold leaf, dressed like an Inca princess, and has jewels on neck, hands and ears. There is no record of what the image looks like under the robes, the carved hair has been covered by a wig, and the image never leaves the basilica. On 21 February 1583 it was enthroned in an adobe church on the peninsula of Copacabana, which juts into Lake Titicaca nearly 3 miles above sea level. In 1669 the viceroy of Peru added a straw basket and baton to the statue, which she still holds today. The present shrine dates from 1805. The image was crowned during the reign of Pope Pius XI [i.e. Pius XII], and its sanctuary was promoted to a basilica in 1949 [or 1949?]) - http://saints.sqpn.com/our-lady-of-copacabana/
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2011-09-12: new
2011-09-13: revised
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