Immaculate Heart of Mary:
The heart is on a gold sunburst and is held
to the chest by two golden ropes. The fall of light from
the hands is represented by collapsed gold fans which hang
from the back of the wrists. The skin has an artificial
look.
Local Name: La Virgen del Sagrado
Corazón
Basis for Identification: Large
red heart at breast, streams of light coming from hands,
white robe and mantilla, blue cape, sun-burst diadem
Other characteristics: Ear-rings.
Site: Church of Santa María
de la Natividad Zaachila.
Location: East end
of the south wall of the nave (see note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint. Eyes: glass. Hair: wig.
Size: About 4½
feet (135 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Cuilapan,
Huitzo, Mitla Teitipac,
Teposcolula, Zimatlán.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Statues
of the Immaculate Conception in Mexico
Catholic Encyclopedia: Devotion
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Wikipedia: Immaculate
Heart of Mary
Next: Walking back along the south wall we find a statue of St. Nicholas
Factor.
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to Santa María Zaachila
Santos Home Page
Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions in a church
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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