Etymology in the sources
Source-reportedFrom Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (Our Lady of the Revealed/Appeared Conception), the original name for Our Lady of Aparecida, a clay statue of the Virgin Mary that, according to tradition, was found by three fishermen in 1717 on the Paraíba river in Brazil.
Sources for this account (3)
- Wiktionary: AparecidaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: AparecidaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Portuguese Wiktionary: AparecidaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

