Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA 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 San Juan Teitipac: Christ
carrying the Cross
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Other Santos at San Juan Teitipac |
Saint Philip of
Jesus
Local Name: San Felipe Accompanied by three crosses. San Felipe de Jesús is the first Mexican-born person to be declared a saint. His feast is on February 5, which is also Constitution Day, a national holiday. Location: North wall of the nave (see note). Comparable santos in Oaxaca: We did not see any. External links: Calvary Wooden crucifix and painted figures of Virgin and St. John. Location: Glass case on an altar along the south wall
of the nave (see note). Comparable santos and external links: See below. Crucifix Used in processions on January 1. A band of fabric at the chest holds the figure onto the cross. The treatment of the blood and the musculature is realistic but unexceptional. Local Name: San Manuel Basis for Identification: Crucifix, red loincloth with red scutum. Location: above the
fresco of St. John's head in the south wall of the nave
(see
note).
Media and construction: Gesso
and paint over unidentified material. Hair: carved.
Eyes: closed. Closed mouth. Size: Over 4 feet (120 cm.) Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Achiutla,
Santa Ana del
Valle1, Santa
Ana del Valle2, Santa Ana del
Valle3, Cuilapan,
Etla, Guelavia,
Mitla, Nochixtlán,
Tamazulapan1,
Tamazulapan2,
Teitipac1,
Teitipac2, Teitipac3,
Teitipac Our Lady of the Rosary, Teotitlán1, Teotitlán2, Teposcolula1,
Teposcolula2,
Teposcolula3
(in Rosary case), Teposcolula
Convento1, Teposcolula
Convento2, Tilantongo1,
Tilantongo2,
Tlacolula,
Xoxocotlán1, Xoxocotlán2, Xoxocotlán3, Xoxocotlán4, Yanhuitlán1, Yanhuitlán2, Yanhuitlán
Convento1, Yanhuitlán
Convento2, Yanhuitlán
Convento3, Yanhuitlán
Convento4, Yanhuitlán
Convento5, Yanhuitlán Ayuxi Chapel, Zimatlán. External Links: Introduction to San Juan Teitipac 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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