Everything about Luis Laso De La Vega totally explained
Luis Laso de la Vega (or
Luis Lasso de la Vega) was a 17th century
Mexican priest and
lawyer. He is known chiefly as the author of the
Huei tlamahuiçoltica ("The Great Happening"), an account published in
1649 and written in the
Nahuatl language, which contains a narrative describing the reported
apparition of the
Virgin Mary before Saint
Juan Diego in 1531, some 117 years earlier. The account describes the appearance of the apparition to Juan Diego (an
indigenous convert to
Roman Catholicism, whose original pre-conversion name is given as Cuauhtlatoatzin) at the hill of
Tepeyac.
Biographical information
Little is know about Laso de la Vega's life. He was a
criollo, for example a Mexican-born person of full
Spanish ancestry. Historians have culled from church and academic records the information that he earned a
Bachelor's degree, and registered for a course in canon law at the University of Mexico in
1623. He had the title of
Licenciado (literally "Licensed", or "Bachelor"), generally meaning someone licensed to practice secular or
Canon law.
He was appointed
vicar of the sanctuary of Tepeyac (near
Mexico City) in
1647, and rebuilt the first chapel there, which enclosed a local freshwater
spring. He was promoted to the
cathedral chapter in
1657. His writings demonstrate a great zeal for the Catholic faith and expertise in the Nahuatl language.
Writings
Aside from narrating the apparition, the
Huei tlamahuiçoltica also contained an account of miracles occurring in its wake and a prayer of devotion to the Virgin. Beside the
Huei tlamahuiçoltica, Laso de la Vega also wrote a glowing review of
Miguel Sánchez's
Imagen de la Virgen María, Madre de Dios de Guadalupe ("Image of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God of Guadalupe"), the first written account known of the
Guadalupan apparition, published the year before Laso de la Vega's tract appeared. Of Sánchez he wrote, "I and all my predecessors have been like sleeping
Adams, possessing this second Eve in the paradise of their Mexican Guadalupe". Some authors have cited this passage as Laso de la Vega's admission of his debt to Sánchez for providing him a text on which to base his translation and paraphrasement of the apparition narrative.
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