What Is Tilma in the Bible?
Object
A cloth cloak that the native people of Mexico wore, tied at the shoulder. The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe remained on the tilma of Juan Diego.
A detail
- “Ayate”: a thin cloth made of maguey fiber.
Today
Juan Diego’s tilma is kept in the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico City. Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on December 12.
Source: RAE, “tilma” and “ayate”; Nican Mopohua; ACI Prensa, on the image of Guadalupe; General Roman Calendar (December 12)