Judiel Nieva
Filipino actress
Judiel Nieva (born 1977), also known as Angel de la Vega, is a Filipino transgender actress and businesswoman, notable for her claims of seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary atop a guava tree in Agoo, La Union, Philippines in what was labeled as the "Miracle of Agoo" from 1989 until 1993. During this time, the noted Filipino broadcaster Noli de Castro was instrumental in the national broadcasting of the purported apparitions in the Philippines.
The Catholic Church officially declared Nieva's visions as non-supernatural in 1993.
Early life
Nieva is the seventh of eight children. Her parents Pedro and Julia Nieva sold goods out of two stalls which they operated in the local market. Even as a young child, Nieva was believed to have special powers and was sought out as a healer.
Purported Marian apparitions
Nieva claimed to have begun seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in 1987 when she was only 10 years old. On March 31, 1989, she reported that the first of several public apparitions, in which she claimed to have seen a bright light, then heard voices and the sounds of trumpets while angels descended from heaven towards her singing "Allelulia" and "Salve Regina".
The Holy Family next appeared on a cloud, Saint Joseph holding a shepherd's staff and the Virgin Mary sitting on a rock holding the baby Jesus on her lap.
Description of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The description of the Blessed Virgin Mary according to Nieva's personalized statue is distinct.
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