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or one of his protégés in his workshop. Three other famous sculptors and their schools place claim on the image. Over time, the image fell into disrepair, but was officially restored in March 1881 by Emilio
Pizzaro de la Cruz, who created new arms and hands; it was restored again in 1883.
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and hid them under the warehouse underneath the church steps. Historically, religious images that are threatened by war or famine are often secretly buried underground for safekeeping. The
Macarena image was stripped of its vestments and taken anonymously to one of the members of the
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By the early 20th century, the famous gold-embroiderer Juan Manuel RodrĂguez Ojeda, a member of the brotherhood of the
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of Spain promoted its devotion by issuing a regal document on the image after being inducted into the fraternity in 1904. In the same year on 11 April, Cardinal
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rebel at her face which pious legend also claims has never been able to be removed. Its popularity among the masses is often highlighted in the five Rose-
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rebel who drank (drinking is permitted on some religious processions) and then threw a wine bottle at the image sometime before the 1950s. He became a
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for safekeeping. Due to the warring factions at the time, the confraternity was expelled and was forced to move into the Church of the
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