The Virgin of Coromoto was canonically crowned as Celeste and Principal Patron of Venezuela in 1942, with Pope Pius XII ratifying this decision in 1944.
The solemn Canonical Coronation took place on September 11, 1952, marking 300 years since the apparition of the Virgin.
This 2026 event marks the 74th anniversary of the coronation, occurring amid the Coromotano Jubilee 2026-2027.
Archbishop José Leonardo Basto is leading a historical formation program covering the devotion's history from 1651 to the present.
Source ecology
El Pitazo · independent ve · reliability B
Independent, community-focused — Independent digital media
- Regional coverage can be uneven
The claims, made testable
- asserted — check unavailable The Virgin of Coromoto was canonically crowned as Celeste and Principal Patron of Venezuela in 1942, with Pope Pius XII ratifying this decision in 1944. (evidence: not measured)
- asserted — check unavailable The solemn Canonical Coronation took place on September 11, 1952, marking 300 years since the apparition of the Virgin. (evidence: not measured)
- asserted — check unavailable This 2026 event marks the 74th anniversary of the coronation, occurring amid the Coromotano Jubilee 2026-2027. (evidence: not measured)
Pattern: 4 related Venezuela signals in the last 30 days on Religious devotion, Ecclesiastical history, Cultural celebrations, Local politics.
What would change the assessment
- Concrete observable event - verification of the 74th anniversary date and location (within 90 days — INE-VE (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Informática del Estado de Venezuela) or Diocese of Guanare official communi)
Grounded analysis — deterministic intelligence + AI synthesis anchored to real signals (deterministic only (no LLM synthesis)). No fact is asserted that the sources do not support.
What the sources establish
The source makes the assertions summarized above; VeraVadis has not yet found independent corroboration in its corpus.
Actors named in sources
Nuestra Señora de Coromoto · Guanare · Diócesis de Guanare · Monseñor José Leonardo Basto · Monseñor Alberto Ortega Martín · Gobernador Primitivo Cedeño · Monseñor Owaldo Enrique Araque Valero · Monseñor Gerardo Salas Arjona
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What's still unverified
- Everything above is one outlet's account; none of it has been independently corroborated yet.
5 pieces · 4 outlets · 3 independent voices (one root per outlet; an upper bound)
- Sep 08, 2026 Últimas Noticias VE · state media D — Consuelo y esperanza piden en Guanare a la Coromoto
- Sep 10, 2026 El Impulso Venezuela · independent voice B — VIDEO | Barquisimeto se prepara para la festividad central de la Virgen de Coromoto este 11 de septiembre #10Sep
- Sep 11, 2026 El Diario Venezuela · independent voice B — Conmemoraron los 374 años de la coronación de la Virgen de Coromoto como patrona de Venezuela
- Sep 11, 2026 El Pitazo · independent voice B — A 74 años de su Coronación, Iglesia llama a conocer la historia de la Virgen de Coromoto: aquí algunos datos (this piece)
- Sep 11, 2026 Últimas Noticias VE · state media D — Centenares de fieles celebran los 74 años del patronazgo coromotano
Reported figures
| 300 | 1 | El Pitazo |
the same number from outlets with different roots is numeric corroboration; different numbers are shown side by side.
Membership by shared distinctive terms within ±3 days, ≥3 terms · sealed snapshot 63ec7edf686b
AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Cleared by VeraVadis's automated editorial gates on 2026-09-11 — not reviewed by a human editor. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.
