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"The apparitions seen by Diego have been questioned many times throughout history because of the lack of any documentation of the event prior to 1648."

Nican Mopohua, a copy of which dated to 1556 resides in New York Public Library (Take a look at it if you like), escaped the author's notice, apparently.

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>>"The apparitions seen by Diego have been questioned many times throughout history because of the lack of any documentation of the event prior to 1648."<<

Nican Mopohua, a copy of which dated to 1556 resides in New York Public Library (Take a look at it if you like), escaped the author's notice, apparently.

Yes...thanks for the link. Here is what the NYPL also has to say about the document in question.

You'd give yourself more credibility if you posted all of the facts.

The real significance of the Nican Mopohua held at the New York Public Library is its possible date of authorship. Scholars contend it may be the earliest written version of the account of Juan Diego and the occurrences at the hill of Tepeyac. The manuscript may even be in the hand of the Nuhua scholar Anotonio Valeriano (ca. 1531-1605) and thus closer to an original account of Juan Diego's narrative than later printed versions. http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/04/17/nican-mopohua

Sounds like a lot of may be more than is.

Again, here is the money quote as translated:

The maiden told Juan Diego "Beloved son, go you to the bishop and tell him to build a church to me on this spot, so that from it I may give help and protection to the Mexican people in their sorrows and calamities."