The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá is a minor basilica of Catholic worship located in the Colombian city of Chiquinquirá, in the department of Boyacá. The basilica houses a venerated image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, which is also a national shrine.
Pope Pius XI raised the shrine to the status of minor basilica via the Pontifical decree Exstat in Colombia on 18 August 1927. Pope John Paul II visited the sanctuary on 3 July 1986.[1]
History
In 1588, the archbishop of Santa Fe in New Granada, Luis Zapata de Cárdenas, laid the foundation stone of a church to display the image of the virgin. In the late 1700s a new church was built and was consecrated in 1823.
The church was declared a minor basilica in 1927.
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References
- 1.Butturini, Paula. "Pope John Paul II arrived Thursday night in Colombia's... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 16 January 2026.