COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Fresquez, Lynn (American santera, born )
Creator note:
American santera
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
2017
Title:
St John the Baptist
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Acquisition note:
purchase, CHAC
Accession number:
RU0974
Measurements display:
29.8 x 18.2 x 1.8 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