Saint Nicholas Factor:
Close by is an inscription, Renovado por Morroquin
("Restored by Morroquin").
Local Name: San Nicolás.
Basis for Identification: Franciscan
habit, tonsure, a skull between the feet, halo.
Identification as San
Nicolás was confirmed by a parishioner
who spoke with us.
Other characteristics: The
habit has a collar and placket outlined in gold.
A bird stands on a paten or plate in the left hand.
Site: Church of Santa María
de la Natividad Zaachila.
Location: In the
second bay in the south wall of the nave, on a pedestal
above a crude metal altar (see note).
Media and construction: Wood,
gesso, paint, fabric habit. Hair:
carved.
Size: About 4 feet (120 cm.)
Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Díaz
Ordaz (no photograph), Guelavia,
Teitipac,
Yanhuitlán
(in Dominic group), Zaachila2.
External Links:
Wikimedia Commons:
Statues
of Saint Nicholas Factor in Mexico
SQPN: Saint
Nicholas Factor
TheRealPresence.Org: Blessed
Nicholas Factor
Wikipedia: Nicolás
Factor
Christian Iconography: Saint
Nicholas Factor
Next: Moving back to the first bay in the south wall, we
find another statue of
St. Nicholas Factor.
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Note: On
this
site,
references to the cardinal directions in a church
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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