Guadalupe ndi namwali ndipo chinthu chopembedzedwa chotchuka kwambiri ku Mexico.
Chiyambi chake chimakhazikitsidwa ndi miyambo yapakamwa, yotsimikizika mu 1666 monga yakale, yotakata komanso yunifolomu komanso zolembedwa, zomwe zili m'malemba ambiri odalirika a Amwenye ndi Aspanya omwe amatsimikizira kuzizwitsa kwawo ku Tepeyac, mu 1531, pomwe Indian Juan Diego anali ndi masomphenya ozizwitsa akupezeka kwake. Amati mu ayate wa Juan Diego, chithunzi cha Namwali chidawoneka chojambulidwa pomwe adawonetsa kukwiya Juan de Zumárraga, bishopu woyamba waku Mexico, kutumiza kwa maluwa komwe adabweretsa. Chipembedzo chake, chovomerezedwa ndi tchalitchi nthawi zonse, kuti palibe chomwe chachitika ankatsutsana ndi mbiriyakale ya mitunduyi, yakhala ikuwonjezeka nthawi zonse, koposa zonse chifukwa chokhulupirira zabwino zomwe yapatsa anthu aku Mexico. Mwakutero, pali nthawi ziwiri zomaliza: zomwe adalengeza monga Woyang'anira Dziko Laku Mexico, mu 1737, pomwe adapanga mliri wowopsa womwe udasokoneza anthu kutha ndikukhazikitsidwa pampando monga Mfumukazi yaku Mexico ku 1895.
Guadalupana wakhala pachimake, chifukwa chokhala ndi chithunzi cha otchulidwa ambiri ndi zochitika m'mbiri: Bernal Díaz del Castillo adayamika kudzipereka komwe nzika zake zinali nazo kwa iye, chikwangwani chake chinali mbendera ya zigawenga zomwe zidapeza ufulu ku Mexico komanso cholimba mu Cristero Revolution.
Pius X adalengeza kuti "Celestial Patroness of Latin America" mu 1910 ndipo Pius XII adamutcha Empress of the America ku 1945 ndipo adati "pa tilma ya wosauka Juan Diego ... maburashi omwe sanali ochokera pansi pano adasiya chithunzi chokoma kwambiri chojambulidwa."
Kudzipereka kotchuka ku Guadalupana ndi gawo lofunikira pamakhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe mdziko lathu ndipo maulendo opita kumalo opatulika ake amakhala osasintha.
Kachisi wake, womangidwa koyambirira pamalo omwe Juan Diego adayamba, anali woyamba kudzichepetsa, Ermita Zumárraga (1531-1556). Pambuyo pake, Bishopu Montúfar adakulitsa ndipo adatchedwa Ermita Montúfar (1557-1622) ndipo pambuyo pake, kumapeto kwa yomalizayi, Ermita de los Indios idamangidwa, yomwe ndi parishi yapano mu 1647.
Hermitage poyamba anali ndi wopembedza, ndiye anali vicarage, parishi ndi parishi yaku archipresbyterial. Kachisi watsopano adamangidwa, wokulirapo komanso wowoneka bwino kuyambira 1695 mpaka 1709 ndipo mmenemo mpingo wa Collegiate ndi Tchalitchi (1904) adamangidwa.
Anthu omwe anamangidwa mozungulira kachisiyu adamangidwa ku Villa mu 1789 komanso mumzinda -Ciudad Guadalupe, Hidalgo- mu 1828.
