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appeared in a spiny trunk.
According
to the same writer quoted above, "was an image of the Virgin Mary, of
small extent, with the figure of his son in his arms, and a bell, like a big
bell next door."
Moved by
the sight of the virgin, the pastor said, "zu Arantzan?" Basque
language expression that means "You in hawthorn?".
In the place where the image appeared
the pastor was erected years after a beautiful basilica to venerate the have
since called Virgin of Our Lady of Aránzazu, designated as patron of the
province of Guipúzcoa.
Subsequently,
the sector was given the name Aránzazu.
Of
note, a replica of that image was brought to the town in August 1991 by Father
Jaime Giraldo Galvis.
We must
clarify here, in any case, that there is a town in Spain bearing the name of
Aránzazu.
Besides, the original
image is small.
In conclusion, the theory that so far
it has been argued about the origin of the name of Aranzazu, indicating that it
was placed in honor of Juan de Dios Aranzazu if you fill in temporarily, the
Presidency of the Republic, is valid historically. However, it must be clarified that
also took into account the fact that in Spain there is a pilgrimage site with
the same name but with a different pronunciation. Taking its name to the
