Saint Peter of Verona (Peter Martyr):
The polychrome is in excellent condition and the
workmanship, though stylized, is of great delicacy. The
face is long and rectangular. The effect, in spite of the
bleeding head wound, is of restraint in the midst of great
suffering.
The major block of the statue, the white and gold
robe, on being tapped, proved to be of a solid piece of
wood. The black and gold mantle and cape are of
stiffened cloth. Three different patterns of complicated
arabesques decorate the robe, apron and mantle. The
lining of the cape, where it is intended to be seen, is
deco-rated in a bold black check with broad scratches of
gold. The areas under and behind the arms are of cream
color with slight scratches of gold.
The right hand lacks the index finger and part of the
pinky, and the right eye has slipped a little into the
head cavity. The martyr's palm and book have been tied
on, the first to the right hand and the second to the
left. They are carved of wood and polychromed. Their
workmanship would suggest that they are original to the
statue, as is the axe. A long staff decorated in bold
stripes of plastic holds a circle of woven straw
decorated in yarn and has been tied to the hand that
holds the palm.
Local Name: San Pedro Mártir
Basis for Identification: Dominican
holding book and palm branch, axe in head.
Site: Church of Santo
Domingo Díaz Ordaz.
Location: On the
altar along the north wall of the nave, just past the
narthex (see
note).
Media and construction: Polychrome.
Eyes: glass.
Size: About 3 feet
tall (90 cm.) on a solid wooden base atop a polychromed
octagonal that is about 18 by 6 inches (46 by 15 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle, Coixtlahuaca,
Cuilapan,
Etla, Huitzo, Teitipac,
Tlacolula,
Yanhuitlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Statues
of
St. Peter of Verona in Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: St.
Peter of Verona
Wikipedia: Peter
of Verona
Christian Iconography: St.
Peter
Martyr
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the same altar, a statue
of St. Peter the Apostle
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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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