The Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego in 1531, ten years after the conquest.
Evidence
It was there, on the site of an Aztec shrine, that in December 1531, just ten years after the conquest, the Virgin Mary appeared to a young Aztec man whom the Spaniards called Juan Diego. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1300
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1300