Case file · Apparition / miracle
The Virgin of Cancuc and the Tzeltal uprising
In 1712 María de la Candelaria, a young Tzeltal woman of Cancuc, Chiapas, said the Virgin had appeared to her; the new cult became the centre of a rebellion of some 30 Maya towns against Spanish rule.
1712 CE · 16.92, -92.48 · status: account
The account
The rebels formed their own church, ordained Maya priests and declared that God and the king were dead. Spanish and Guatemalan forces crushed the revolt in 1713.