COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Aragon, Luis (American santero, 1899-1977)
Creator note:
American santero
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1974
Title:
San Juan Bautista
Title:
Saint John the Baptist
Note Fr. Steele:
"San Juan holds a 21 cm cross in his left hand and blesses with the right."
Materials display:
pine and cedar
Material name:
pine (wood)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
John, the Baptist, Saint
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Accession number:
RU0038
Measurements display:
26 x 12 x 12 cm
Santo Subject:
San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Feast Day:
June 24 and August 29
Patronage:
Patronage: of sheep and shepherds and of the purity of water, all of which was believed to become pure on June 24.
Note:
The forerunner of Christ, a preacher hermit who baptized Christ among his converts and recognized him as the Messiah, calling him the Lamb of God. Sometimes dressed in a hermit's cloak, holding a shepherd's crook or a staff with a cross on top and a banner hanging from it; with a lamb in his arms or by his side.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED