Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches

A study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico

   

By Claire and Richard Stracke
Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.

In San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca:

Assumption + St. Peter
Christ at the Pillar
Christ Child (1)
Christ Child (2)
Christ Fallen with the Cross
Main altar
Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows (Soledad)
Our Lady of the Rosary
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Isidore the Laborer
St. Martin de Porres + 2 angels
St. Peter of Verona (Peter Martyr)
Unidentified Dominican saint
Unidentified, possibly St. Lucy
Unidentified saint (1)
Unidentified saint (2)
Unidentified saint (3)
Virgin Mary (1)
Virgin Mary (2)
Virgin Mary (3 - in a coffin)
Santos not photographed
St. Martin de Porres
Saint Martin de Porres

Local Name: San Martín de Porres

Basis for Identification: African American in Dominican habit.

Other characteristics: Two angels of wood, gesso, paint.

Site: Church of San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca.

Location: In the south chapel (see note).

Comparable santos in Oaxaca: None found.

External Links:
Wikimedia Commons: Statues of Saint Martin de Porres in Mexico
Wikipedia: Martin de Porres

Next: On the floor in the south chapel, statues of St. Peter and Our Lady of the Assumption

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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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