The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia in Salvaleón de Higüey in the Dominican Republic. (iStock) The father failed to find any such image on his trip.

The image hung in St. Dionysius Church from 1571 until it was moved to the modern-day Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia in 1970. An estimated 800,000 pilgrims visit the basilica annually.