Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches

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

In San Miguel Ejutla:
Christ: Ecce Homo
Christ Mocked in the Pretorium
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows (Soledad)
Our Lady of the Assumption
St. Francis of Assisi
St. John the Evangelist
St. Mary Magdalene
Unidentified Dominican Saint
Unidentified Franciscan Saint (1)
Unidentified Franciscan Saint (2)
Virgin Mary in a coffin

Other santos not photographed

Local Name: La Virgen del Carmen, more formally Nuestra Señora de Monte Carmelo.

Basis for Identification: Brown habit with bib, child on left arm whose right hand is raised in blessing, scapulars.

Other characteristics: White veil on Virgin, white gown on child.

Comparable santos in Oaxaca:  Coixtlahuaca main altar, Cuilapan, Etla, Guelavia, Huitzo, Teitipac, Teposcolula, Tlaxiaco, Xoxocotlán, Zaachila, Zimatlán.

External Links:
Wikimedia Commons: Statues of Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Mexico
Wikipedia: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Virgen del Carmen (in Spanish).
Christian Iconography: Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Next: A statue of the Virgin Mary in a coffin

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