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 El Tule's Church of
Holy Mary of the Assumption: Our Lady
of the Assumption |
Unidentified Female Saint |
| Unidentified female saint, most likely St. Anne: The white wimple completely covers the hair, ears and neck, framing the statue's bust in smooth white. The eyes look upwards slightly. The right hand is at the breast and the left hand holds a book. Basis for Identification: Our notes say the statue was identified by the custodian as Our Lady of Candelaria. But there is no Child Jesus, and the details of the statue suggest strongly that this is St. Anne: the book, the veil, the wimple, and the mantle covering the head. This St. Anne at Santa Ana del Valle resembles the present santo in all those details and also has a very similar face.
Site: Church of the Assumption, El Tule. Location: On the right side of the main altar. Next: Other santos not photographedPrevious santo Introduction to El Tule The photo shown here is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free to share or remix it on two conditions: first, that you attribute it to the photographers, Claire and Richard Stracke, without implying any approval of your work on their part; second, that if you alter, transform, or build upon this photo, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. |