Our Virgin La Chinita

 Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá or the Virgin of Chiquinquirá is a title given to the blessed Virgin Mary in the northern andean region of South America. She is the patron saint of Colombia, the Venezuelan state of Zulia, and the town of Caraz in P.

In Colombia, her painted image rests in the Basílica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Chiquinquira, where thousands of pilgrims arrive not only for the Feast Day on July 9, but also every Sunday, when they celebrate masses and processions. On July 3, 1986, Pope Jhon Paul II visited the sanctuary and prayed for peace in Colombia at the feet of the Virgin Mary's image. The title given to the Virgin is from the city of Chiquinquirá, where the first of the Virgin's miraculous manifestations occurred, and where the original image from the sixteenth century is kept.

An image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá can be found at the Basílica of Maracaibo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where it is also called La Chinita. Every November 18, the city celebrates the traditional Feast of La Chinita with masses and processions in honor of the Virgin.