October 28
Virgen del Rosario del Paraute, Lagunillas, Zulia, Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo, a giant teardrop suspended from the Gulf of Venezuela in the northwest of the country, was home to several native communities built on stilts. The Pueblo Viejo River, formerly called the Paraute, enters the lake at the town of Lagunillas de Agua. On October 28, 1651, an Indian sitting in a stilt house there recovered a piece of wood that kept floating in on the water. It was found to bear an image which Catholics identified as the Virgin of the Rosary. Enshrined in the church, it became an object of pilgrimage and celebration every year on October 28. Despite its watery location, Lagunillas has repeatedly burned. The image was saved and resides in the church of the Morochas district.
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Also commemorated this date:
 | Notre Dame de Clignancourt, Paris, France. Church blessed, 1863. |
| Frauenbergkapelle, Eichstätt, Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany. Statue blessed, 1723. |
| Madonna di Capocroce, Frascati, Roma, Latium, Italy. Painting crowned, 1713. |
| Madonna di Portosalvo, Torre del Greco, Napoli, Campania, Italy. Church dedicated, 1801. Festa first Sunday in February. |
| Our Lady of the Lighthouse, Tobetsu, Sapporo, Japan. Trappists arrived, 1896. |
| She Who Ripens the Grain, Shamordino, Kaluga, Russia (Oct. 15 old calendar) |