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Creator display:
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unknown artist
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Date display:
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1900 circa
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Title:
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San Roque
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Source name:
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Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
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Subject term:
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Rochus, Saint, approximately 1350-approximately 1380
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Work type:
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bultos
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Work type:
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sculpture (visual works)
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Acquisition note:
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acq. 2003
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Accession number:
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RU0629
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Measurements display:
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43.18 x 25.4 x 20.31 cm
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Santo Subject:
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San Roque (Saint Roch)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Male Saints
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Lived:
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Died: 1240
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Feast Day:
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August 31
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Patronage:
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Patronage: of pregnant women, women in childbed, and the unborn; patron of secrecy for the Penitentes; protector against being slandered or cursed; protector of captives and those oppressed by the infidel, with a possible application to Anglo land-grant manipulators (Robb, Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest, p. 709).
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Note:
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A Mercedarian (see #110), he traded himself into captivity to free some prisoners from the Moors; while a slave he refused to quit preaching as told, so his lips were padlocked; once released, he became a cardinal. His epithet refers to his being a caesarean birth from a dead mother.
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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