Mary France
Sergio Umbria
María Francia, the young woman from Caracas
According to beliefs, she intervenes before
God to grant related requests
With marriage and studies
María Francia has a legend and is known for
Many students from past generations
And the oral tradition assures that she was from Caracas
And an excellent student
The most popular version relates that she was a young
Single from the upper class of Caracas, an excellent student
From law school. She forced to marry by her
Her Parents with someone she didn't love. Right on your wedding day
Making a bouquet of flowers in her own garden a snake
She bit her fatally
She tells the legend that she, like her, did not get married and neither
Finishing her career, she intervenes before God to grant
Petitions related to marriage and studies
Her relatives tried to oppose the cult movement
That generated her unexpected death from her
The stories about María Francia are incalculable
There is a version that she died from a snake bite
Popular belief ratifies it with an ancient plaque
Containing the engraved design of olive trees and branches where
She coils up a snake
It is also said that Francia died of thrombosis, and
That she, before her death, was on the eve of her
Her marriage. For this version, many will ask
For the success of a sentimental relationship. To the date
No one has really been able to verify what the real story was
However, all versions agree on the idea
That she was an excellent student, with high marks
Academics. That is the reason why college students
High schools and universities in the country come every year to
Leave him offerings and many beige and blue shirts, already deteriorated
In Caracas, right in the southern cemetery rests a species
Of statue with the supposed almost real image of the young Maria
France. To get to that block where she is located
And other legends, at least four corners must be shot
At the corner of sector 28 of the General del Sur Cemetery
Half of the street is painted blue and white a kind of
From cabilla where María Francia is located. Is full of
Plaques, which practically form an exclusive sidewalk of
Acknowledgment for miracles granted
Inside the chapel, just above the grave, you can see the
Statue of a seated woman in white, also the
They called Lulu Maria Francia