UGuadalupe uyintombi nto futhi into edunyiswa kakhulu eMexico.
Umsuka waso usungulwe ngokwesiko lomlomo, ngokwenkambiso efakazelwe ngo-1666 njengeyasendulo, ebanzi neyunifomu futhi nangokwesiko elilotshiwe, eliqukethwe emibhalweni eminingi ethembekile yamaNdiya nabaseSpain eveza iqiniso eliyisimangaliso ngokuvela kwayo eTepeyac, ngo-1531, lapho UmNdiya uJuan Diego wayenombono oyisimangaliso wokuba khona kwakhe. Kuthiwa isithombe seNcasakazi savela saqoshwa ku-ayate kaJuan Diego lapho ekhombisa ukukhungatheka uJuan de Zumárraga, umbhishobhi wokuqala waseMexico, ukuthunyelwa kwama-rose ayekulethile. Inkolo yakhe, evunywa njalo yisonto, ukuthi akukho lutho Ukuphikisana nobungqayizivele bezibuko, bekulokhu kukhula njalo, ngaphezu kwakho konke ngenxa yenkolelo yemisebenzi ayinikeze abantu baseMexico. Ngalo mqondo, kunezikhathi ezimbili zomvuthwandaba: leso sokumenyezelwa kwakhe njengoPatressess weSizwe SaseMexico, ngo-1737, lapho enza inhlupho esabekayo eyacekela phansi abantu nokunyamalala kwakhe njengeNdlovukazi yaseMexico ngo-1895.
I-guadalupana ibe yisisekelo, isizathu sokuba kanye nomfanekiso wabalingiswa abaningi neziqephu emlandweni: UBernal Díaz del Castillo ubabaze ukuzinikela abomdabu ababenakho ngaye, isibhengezo sakhe kwakuyifulegi lama-Insurgents elathola inkululeko eMexico kanye nesisekelo kuCristero Revolution.
UPius X wammemezela njengo "Patroness of Celestial of Latin America" ngo-1910 kanti uPius XII wambiza ngokuthi ngu-Empress of the Americas ngo-1945 wathi "ku-tilma kaJuan Diego ompofu ... amabhulashi ayengekho lapha ngezansi ashiya isithombe esimnandi kakhulu sidwetshiwe."
Ukuzinikela okudumile kweGuadalupana kuyingxenye ebalulekile yempilo namasiko nezwe lethu futhi uhambo lokuya endaweni yalo engcwele luhlala njalo futhi lukhulu.
Ithempeli lalo, elakhiwa ekuqaleni endaweni enembile ekhonjiswe nguJuan Diego, okokuqala kwaba yindawo yokuzithoba, i-Ermita Zumárraga (1531-1556). Kamuva, uMbhishobhi Montúfar wayinweba futhi yabizwa nge-Ermita Montúfar (1557-1622) kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ezansi kwalokhu, kwakhiwa i-Ermita de los Indios, okuyipharishi yamanje ngo-1647.
Le hermitage ekuqaleni yayinomfundisi, ngakho-ke kwakuyi-vicarage, isifunda kanye ne-archipresbyterial parish. Kwakhiwa ithempeli elisha, elikhudlwana futhi elibabazekayo kusuka ku-1695 kuya ku-1709 futhi kulo kwakhiwa iSonto LaseCollegiant neBasilica (1904).
Abantu abakhele le ndawo engcwele bamiswa eVilla e1789 nasedolobheni -Ciudad Guadalupe, Hidalgo- ngo-1828.
