Our Lady of the Conquest

by Angélico Chávez and Fray Angelico Chavez

As the Spaniards were preparing to reconquer Santa Fe from the Pueblo Indians in 1692, Captain-General Don Diego de Vargas solemnly vowed to build a special chapel for his own favorite statue of Our Lady of the Rosary should he gain a quick victory, and also to hold a yearly procession in her honor. The image was carried into battle and the Spaniards gained an effective conquista, and thereafter this particular image came to be known as La Conquistadora...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632935767
• ISBN13: 9781632935762
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"