UmNdiya waseMacehual waseCuautitlán iNtombi yaseGuadalupe eyavela kuye egqumeni laseTepeyac amahlandla amane.
Kukholakala ukuthi uJuan Diego wazalwa ngo-1474 nokuthi ngesikhathi sokubuka kwakhe wayehlala eTulpetlac nomalume wakhe uJuan Bernardino, uGuadalupana naye avele kuye, emelapha ekuguleni okubi. Okumangazayo ngaphambi kwalesi simangaliso, uMbhishobhi Juan de Zumárraga, wabuza uJuan Diego ubufakazi bokubonakala kwakhe. Ngokomlando okhuluma ngezehlakalo zeTepeyac, iNcasakazi yayalela uJuan Diego ukuba asike ezinye izimbali ezazivele ziqhakaze ngendlela eyisimanga phezulu egqumeni zaziyisa eZumárraga e-ayate yakhe (serape de ixtle). Indaba ilandisa ukuthi ngenkathi uJuan Diego ekhombisa umbhishobhi izimbali, kwavela isithombe seVirgin ngokuyisimangaliso, kamuva sabizwa ngeGuadalupe ngabaseSpain, saphrintwa kwi-ayate. UJuan Diego washona ngo-1548.
