Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches

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

In San Pablo Mitla:

Calvary group
Christ in a coffin
Christ resurrected
Crucifix
Ecce Homo
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lady of Sorrows (Soledad)
Our Lady of the Assumption (1)
Our Lady of the Assumption (2)
Palm Sunday Christ
St. Anthony of Padua
St. John the Baptist
St. Joseph (1)
St. Joseph (2)
St. Paul (1)
St. Paul (2)
St. Peter
Trinity
Unidentified saint

Other santos not photographed

Local Name: El Santo Nazareño

Basis for Identification: Purple cloak with gold fringe and cincture, crown of thorns, streaming blood.

Site: Church of San Pablo Huitzo.

Location: North wall of the nave, between the narthex and the first rib, a few feet right of the Trinity (see note).

Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Ejutla, Etla (in the Soldedad Group), Etla2, Santa Ana del Valle, Tamazulapan, Teitipac1, Teitipac2, Teitipac3, Teotitlán, Teposcolula, Tilantongo, Tlacolula, Xoxocotlán.

External Links:
The episode is in John 19:1-5.
Wikimedia Commons: Statues of Ecce Homo.

Next: Between the two ribs of the north wall of the nave, a statue of St. Anthony of Padua

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Introduction to San Pablo Mitla

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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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