Several hundred members of the local Latino community celebrated a miracle which reportedly occurred on a hillside near Mexico City in 1531 during a parade in Rome on Sunday.

Hundreds made the six-block march from St. Mary’s Catholic Church to The Forum where a bilingual Mass was celebrated to commemorate Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Bersi Orellana, a native of the Dominican Republic said the celebration marks the appearance of the Virgin Mary to an Indian named Juan Diego. “She appeared to him on the hill of Tepeyac and named him ambassador in front of the Bishop Fray Juan de Zumarraga,” Orellana said.

The lone float in the parade featured a young woman portraying the Virgin Mary and a young man representing Juan Diego standing in front of a large group of children.

While the event originated as a celebration in Mexico, the celebration has been adopted by Latino’s across the western hemisphere.