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 Santo Domingo Díaz Ordaz:

Our Lady of Sorrows
Palm Sunday Christ
St. Joseph
St. Peter of Verona (Peter Martyr)
St. Peter the Apostle
Trinity
Virgin and Child (1)
Virgin and Child (2)

Other santos not photographed

Santo Domingo Díaz Ordaz

Our informants at this church were Marco Santiago Morales and Ignacio Santiago Morales, father and son, encargados. Our tour begins with a Palm Sunday Christ.