COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Otero, Alcario (American santero, born 1951)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1999
Title:
San Felipe de Jesis
Title:
Saint Philip of Jesus
Description:
Tonsured, haloed male figure clad in blue robes nailed to a cross. Two crossed lances pierce his midsection. A banner above the cross bears the inscription, "S. Felipe. IHS."
Note Fr. Steele:
"the frame and the board are a single piece of wood."
Inscription:
on front: S. Felipe. IHS.|on back: San Felipe de Jesus / Alcario Otero / 99
Location name:
New Mexico
Materials display:
paint on wood panel
Material name:
paint
Material name:
panel (wood by form)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Felipe de Jesis, Saint, 1572-1597
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Acquisition note:
1999, "commissioned for 'Charlie's Clones' exhibit at Regis, late June '99."|"the frame and the board are a single piece of wood."
Accession number:
RU0551
Santo Subject:
San Felipe de Jesús (Saint Philip of Jesus)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Lived:
Died: 1597
Feast Day:
February 5
Patronage:
Patronage: a good antidote for mischievous children.
Note:
A native of Mexico City, he became a Franciscan, left the order, traveled to the Philippines as a merchant, rejoined the Franciscans, suffered shipwreck in Japan, and was martyred by being tied to a cross and pierced with two (or maybe three) lances. He is the patron of Mexico City and of San Felipe Pueblo (though he was not canonized until 1862, beatification permitted the prefix "saint" until Urban X). Two crossed lances behind (or through) him are his distinguishing characteristics; otherwise, he is either kneeling with arms outstretched or standing against a cross (he maybe shown nailed to it, though historically he was not). He may be bearded and tonsured, or either, or neither; he wears blue (or grey -- Alcantatine "Barefoot").
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED