Altar
of
Our Lady of Sorrows
The central figure can be identified as Our Lady of
Sorrows by the head-to-floor blue mantle, upturned gaze,
and hands clasped as in prayer.
The figure on the left is possibly the Virgin Mary, but
more likely St. Mary Magdalene as at the foot of the
Cross, because of the flowing brown hair and upturned
gaze.
The figure on the right has not been identified. It could
be another Virgin Mary statue, another Magdalene, or one
of the other women who stayed with Jesus at the foot of
the Cross (see John 19:25).
Local name for Our Lady of Sorrows:
La Madre de los Dolores.
Local name for St. Mary Magdalene: La Santa Magdalena.
Site: Church of San Miguel Achiutla.
Location: Central
niche in the retablo along the south wall of the nave
(see note).
Our Lady of Sorrows
statues in Oaxaca comparable to this
one: Santa Ana del Valle,
Coixtlahuaca,
Cuilapan1,
Cuilapan2,
Ejutla, Mitla, Nochixtlán,
Ocotlán, Díaz
Ordaz, Tamazulapan,
Teitipac,
Teotitlán,
Teposcolula
(in Calvary group), Tlacolula,
Xoxocotlán, Yanhuitlán (?), Zimatlán.
Mary
Magdalene statues in Oaxaca to compare
with this one: Coixtlahuaca,
Ejutla, Huitzo, Ocotlán,
Tamazulapan,
Teotitlán,
Teposcolula.
External Links (Our Lady of Sorrows):
Wikimedia Commons: Mater
dolorosa
Wikipedia: Our
Lady
of Sorrows
Christian Iconography: Mater
Dolorosa,
The Sorrowful Mother
External Links (St. Mary
Magdalene):
Wikimedia Commons: Statues
of
Mary Magdalene in Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: St.
Mary Magdalene
Wikipedia: Mary
Magdalene
Christian Iconography: St.
Mary Magdalene, Follower of Christ
Next: At the west end of the south wall of the
nave, Our Lady of
the Rosary
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Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions always assume
that the main altar is at the east end of the church,
the narthex or entry area at the west end, and the two
walls
of the nave on the
north and south. (The
nave is the long central section.)
Actual orientations may differ.
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