In the summer of 1648, yellow fever appeared for the first time on the Yucat n Peninsula, claiming the lives of roughly one-third of the population. To combat this epidemic, Spanish colonial authorities carried a miracle-working Marian icon in procession from Itzmal to the capital city of M rida and back again as a means of invoking divine intercession. Idolizing Mary uses this event and this icon to open a discussion about the early and...