May 2, 1813. Manuel Belgrano signs the presentation to the Virgin of Lujan of two flags taken from the Royalist Army in the Battle of Salta, which will be solemnly placed in the basilica in July 1813.
May 5, 1897. Dr. Raúl Alejandro Molina is born, who will make important discoveries about the precise location of the miracle of the carts and will give a masterly lecture on the history of the Virgin of Lujan, which will later be published.
May 8, 2017. Fr. Gustavo Nieto, Superior General of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, presents a Golden Rose to Our Lady of Lujan as a perpetual testimony of love and gratitude for the vocations of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word.
May 8, 2018. Fr. Gustavo Nieto vows to build a shrine in Tajikistan and to open a monastery in Papua New Guinea, both in honor of Our Lady of Lujan, in gratitude and as a pledge for the vocations of the Institute.
May 8, 2019. On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the Institute of the Incarnate Word and the 20th anniversary of the "Virgin of Lujan" Project, the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word offers the Virgin a new edition of five of its fundamental works in the collection The Pure and […]
May 9-10, 1818. San Martín visits the Villa and the sanctuary of Luján on his return from Chile to Buenos Aires, after the victory in the Battle of Maipú.
May 15, 1887. The first stone of the new basilica, designed by Fr. Jorge M. Salvaire, was placed and blessed, and the magnificent rays were added to the Holy Image, completing the adornment with the halo of twelve stars.
May 31, 1787. Antonio Oliver, OFM, author of the manuscript that will be used by Fr. Felipe José Maqueda for the composition of his work on the history of Our Lady of Lujan, dies.
