Francisco Tito Yupanqui

Francisco Tito Yupanqui (also: Titu Yupanki ) (* 1550 in Copacabana (Bolivia ), † 1616 in Cusco ) was a evangelisierter by the Dominicans Catholic Aymara, who is primarily known for its wood carvings. He was a grandson of Huayna Capac, the 11th king of the Incas, and the son of Cristóbal Vaca Túpac Inca, half brother of Atahualpa.

Yupanqui's most famous work, the Virgin of Copacabana ( Virgen de Copacabana ), also called " Dark Virgin " ( Virgen Morena) is called, it has 1576 carved from dark wood and wears a crown of pure gold. His statue of Mary stands in Copacabana since February 2, 1583. Your have since been numerous miracles and healings attributed and it is venerated as the patron saint of Lake Titicaca.

The earliest sources on the origins of the cult of the " Virgin of Copacabana " are the " Historia del Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Copacabana " Augustinian Alonso Ramos Gavilán ( 1621) and " Coronica moralizada del Orden de San Agustín en el Perú " by Antonio de la Calancha ( 1638). Calderón's comedy " La Aurora en Copacabana " is based at least on the first of the two works.

The Catholic Church today operates the canonization of Yupanqui, who would be the first saint in Bolivian history.