Reverend Stafford Poole, C.M., was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1956. He is now an independent scholar whose primary research interest is the Catholic church in colonial Mexico. His previous publications include The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649 (Stanford University Press, 1998) and Juan de Ovando: Governing the Spanish Empire in the Reign of Philip II (2004)

"...a valuable record of some crucial events in Mexican Church history."—Catholic Historical Review "[The book] is a fascinating read and Poole has not only mastered the confusing array of sources, but also succeeded in presenting the issues at stake and the protagonist's motivations in clear termsPoole's book is an important resource for students of the Guadalupe question for it provides a learned and accessible overview of a centuries' long debate among Mexicans on the historical foundations of the cult." —The Journal of Latin American Studies "The book is recommended as a significant source for anthropologists interested in the evolution of the Guadalupe cults and religion in Mexico. Poole offers interesting material for examining the uses of hisstory in contesting and manipulating religious symbols."—Journal of Anthropological Research "This is a valuable new offering from one of the field's most prominent practitioners of religious-political and Catholic Church history...Meticulously researched...this book is less a hisotry of the cult of the Virgin and more a study of the political and social controversies generated by this debate between pro- and anti-apparitionist groups." —Church History

• @fmct:Contents @toc4:Prefaceiii @toc2:1From the Beginning1 2The Controversy Ignited000 3Coronation and Controversy000 4The Visitation of Archbishop Averardi000 5An Uneasy Calm000 6The Beatification of Juan Diego000 7History versus Juan Diego000 8A Sign of Contradiction000 @toc4:Appendix 1. Letter Concerning the Origin of the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico, written by Don Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta to the Most Illustrious Senor Archbishop Don Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y D valos (October 1883)000 Appendix 2. Joint Letter to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, 9 March 1998000 Appendix 3. Joint Letter of 27 September 1999000 Notes000 Bibliography000 Index000

Reverend Stafford Poole, C.M., was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1956. He is now an independent scholar whose primary research interest is the Catholic church in colonial Mexico. His previous publications include The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649 (Stanford University Press, 1998) and Juan de Ovando: Governing the Spanish Empire in the Reign of Philip II (2004)

"...a valuable record of some crucial events in Mexican Church history."—Catholic Historical Review "[The book] is a fascinating read and Poole has not only mastered the confusing array of sources, but also succeeded in presenting the issues at stake and the protagonist's motivations in clear termsPoole's book is an important resource for students of the Guadalupe question for it provides a learned and accessible overview of a centuries' long debate among Mexicans on the historical foundations of the cult." —The Journal of Latin American Studies "The book is recommended as a significant source for anthropologists interested in the evolution of the Guadalupe cults and religion in Mexico. Poole offers interesting material for examining the uses of hisstory in contesting and manipulating religious symbols."—Journal of Anthropological Research "This is a valuable new offering from one of the field's most prominent practitioners of religious-political and Catholic Church history...Meticulously researched...this book is less a hisotry of the cult of the Virgin and more a study of the political and social controversies generated by this debate between pro- and anti-apparitionist groups." —Church History

• @fmct:Contents @toc4:Prefaceiii @toc2:1From the Beginning1 2The Controversy Ignited000 3Coronation and Controversy000 4The Visitation of Archbishop Averardi000 5An Uneasy Calm000 6The Beatification of Juan Diego000 7History versus Juan Diego000 8A Sign of Contradiction000 @toc4:Appendix 1. Letter Concerning the Origin of the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico, written by Don Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta to the Most Illustrious Senor Archbishop Don Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y D valos (October 1883)000 Appendix 2. Joint Letter to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, 9 March 1998000 Appendix 3. Joint Letter of 27 September 1999000 Notes000 Bibliography000 Index000