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If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you’re familiar with hot summers, traffic and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. You know, the big cathedral off the freeway?

Well, you might not about the relic that is housed in this cathedral that got me excited enough to want to tell you about it. Because I’ve been to this cathedral, but I didn’t know this relic was there and you probably didn’t either!

Here’s the front of the cathedral.

And the inside

And here’s a statue of Our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe. Wait- what’s that around her neck? It’s our relic.

This relic is an original piece from Saint Juan Diego’s tilma on which Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared! Isn’t that amazing?

Also, you may not know that the relics of the third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana, can be found in the mausoleum of the cathedral.

The next time you visit the cathedral, be sure to check out these relics!

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