St. Anthony of Padua

Church of San Juan Teitipac, Oaxaca, Mexico

As usual, St. Anthony of Padua is represented holding the Christ Child in his arms and wearing his brown Franciscan habit with the rope belt bearing three knots as a reminder of the Trinity. It would appear that the statuette of the child is of more recent vintage than the santo itself.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.