Author: cnorman

OUR LADY OF THE THIRTY-THREE
November 8
On April 19, 1825, thirty-three Uruguayan patriots fighting for independence placed the future of their new nation at the feet of an image of the Virgin in a small chapel. National independence was proclaimed on August 25, and the members of the Constitutional Court presented themselves again before the statue to place their nascent country under her protection. Ever since, this image has been known as La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres.