⛪ Suyapa Basilica

About This Sacred Site

The Basilica of Our Lady of Suyapa near Tegucigalpa is the most important Marian pilgrimage site in Honduras, housing a tiny 6-centimeter cedar statue of the Virgin Mary found by a laborer in 1747. The modern basilica was completed in the 1950s and draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims each February for the feast of the Virgin of Suyapa, the patroness of Honduras. Countless miracles have been attributed to the small statue.

Key Facts

• •The miraculous statue is only 6 centimeters tall, carved from cedar wood
• •Found by an indigenous laborer named Alejandro Colindres in 1747
• •The Virgin of Suyapa was declared patroness of Honduras in 1925
• •The annual festival in February draws over a million pilgrims
• •The modern basilica was completed in the 1950s to accommodate growing pilgrimages

Location

Coordinates: 14.0847, -87.1639