He lived in Tolpetlac, some nine miles north of Tenochtitlán and brought up his nephew, Juan Diego, after the latter's parents died.
Juan Diego set out at four the following morning, to bring back a priest to hear his uncle's confession and administer the last rites.
No sooner had Juan Diego demonstrated where the Lady of Heaven ordered her temple to be built than he begged to be excused.
Also then the Lady told him that when he went to see the Bishop, he should reveal what he saw and in what miraculous manner she had healed him and that he would properly name her, just as he needed to name her blessed image, the ever Virgin Holy Mary of Guadalupe.
The Bishop lodged both of them, him and his nephew, in his house for a few days, until the temple of Queen was built on Tepeyac, where Juan Diego had seen her.