Betania, Venezuela
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Betania is a small village in the parish of
Cúa Cúa (founded in 1690) is a small city capital of the Urdaneta Municipality, located in the Miranda State (Estado Miranda) in the north of Venezuela with an altitude of 490 m. Cúa is noted for warm and clear weather, with year-round sunshine and ...
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. It is popularly known for the shrine of Our Lady of Betania, where retired Catholic Bishop Pio Bello Ricardo declared authentic a Eucharistic Miracle that occurred there.


Eucharistic miracle

This miracle involving the
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occurred on 25 March 1976 and involved Maria Esperanza Medrano de Bianchini, who continued to experience apparitions at the same location throughout 1976 and the following two years. She was a resident of the village, where she claimed to see the Virgin Mary. This apparition was approved by the Catholic Church on November 21, 1987. The Eucharistic Miracle is now housed in a convent in nearby
Los Teques Los Teques () is the capital of the state of Miranda, and the municipality of Guaicaipuro in north-central Venezuela. The city is about 25 km southwest of Caracas, and above mean sea level. It lies in the Cordillera de la Costa, on the ba ...
. One of the amazing mystical experiences occurred occasionally when a red rose would blossom from Maria Esperanza's chest. Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary were reported and eventually a small chapel was built here and the faithful began to gather, especially on Feast Days but throughout the year. Many people reported seeing the Blessed Virgin Mary here as well as reports of cures.


Place name

The name Betania means Bethany in Spanish. It was originally given this name by Maria Esperanza Medrano de Bianchini and was the site of their farm.


Sources


Website on appearance of Mary at Betania
{{coord missing, Venezuela Populated places in Miranda (state) Catholic pilgrimage sites Marian apparitions