Guadalupe

The Virgin of Guadalupe is also known as Our Lady of Guadalupe/Our Lady of the Americas. Guadalupe is a Spanish region and an Arab derived word meaning River of Light. The Spaniards in México could not pronounce Coatlaxopeuh (pronounced quatlazupe) in the Nahuatl (Aztec language) and used Guadalupe instead. Coatlaxoupeuh means the Crusher of the Evil Snake and is the Mother of the True God by Whom all living beings live.

A tilma dated from the 16th century is in a shrine in Mexico. This tilma (clothing worn by Aztec people at the time of the apparition) is considered miraculous for several reasons:
1. The tilma is adorned with a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe that has depth and cannot be replicated by modern artists. And they've tried, believe me.
2. Miniature images can be found in her eyes. These images are the silhouette of a kneeling bishop and a few others. This fits with the events that occurred to St. Juan Diego.
3. The stars embellishing the cloak worn by the pictured woman have been found to be the constellations visible from Tepeyac Hill, Mexico, on December 12 of the year the event took place. These constellations are depicted as if viewed from above.
4. The flowers on her dress are a map of the mountains around Tepeyac Hill.
5. Written into her clothing is music, presumably that which was heard by St. Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill.
6. The tilma consists of cactus fibers, which should have disintegrated after a few decades, tops. Scientists are at a loss to explain how the tilma has lasted for five centuries.
7. Once, while being cleaned, acid was accidentally spilled on a section of the tilma. Inexplicably, the tilma was not damaged.
8. In the image, Our Lady is standing above a crescent moon and before a sun. The moon and sun were symbols of two Aztec gods.
9. Within 10 years of Our Lady's appearance, the entirety of Mexico converted to Christianity.

Thanks cdawg. You should also add that the crescent moon depicted at the feet of the image was also a crescent moon on that date December 12, 1531.

ALSO see the following of many images of Mary stepping on the head of the serpent with her foot: http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/french/trample2.jpg.

Also, December 12, 1531 8:29 am was the exact day and time of the winter solstice.

Also, Coatlaxopeuh (pronounced like cuadlazupe) is the name of the Aztec mother goddess whose temple was destroyed by the Spaniards on that exact hill. Coatlaxopeuh Means “one who crushes the serpent” in Nuahatl, the Aztec language spoken by Juan Diego.

Also, the moon was in the constellation Virgo (the virgin) conjunct Rahu (the head of the serpent, the northern node of the moon).

You say that the name's origin is Arabic, which is only half true. The "Guada-" part is from the Arabic word "wadi," meaning "river," but the "-lupe" part is from the Latin word "lupus," meaning "wolf." So, although you got the meaning "river of the wolf" right, you missed one of the source languages. This means that the Spanish feminine name "Lupe" is related to the French masculine name "Loup" (which is what I was wondering when I looked up "Lupe") and also to the Spanish masculine name "Lope." All three names come from the Latin word "lupus."

Guadalupe is the site where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego. Therefore, the Virgin Mary is the Patron Saint of Mexico. She is referred to as "La Virgen de Guadalupe", meaning the Virgin of Mexico. To my knowledge, there is not a saint called Saint Guadalupe. [noted -ed]

The name is of Latin origin, not Arabic. "Gua" is a leftover of "aqua" - "water", "da" should be "de" and means "of" and "lupe" comes from "lupus", meaning "wolf".