About: Our Lady of Suyapa

Our Lady of Suyapa, also known as the Virgin of Suyapa, is a title of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. An 18th-century cedar wood statue of the Virgin is perhaps Honduras' most popular religious image, and the focus of an extensive pilgrimage. The statue is kept in the Basílica de Suyapa in Suyapa, a suburb of the capital Tegucigalpa, and toured through various other parts of Honduras each year in early February. Many thousands of people from all over Central America make pilgrimages to visit the statue on her name day, February 3, a commemoration of the day she was found in 1747. The statue has been stolen and then recovered on two occasions. Our Lady of Suyapa is the Patroness of Honduras.