COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Sean Trujillo
Title:
In Faith We Survived
Description:
Retablo focused on the specific challenges of 2020, including the Covid-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement, political division, and the challenges to faith posed by the closing of churches and community gathering spaces.
Location name:
Denver
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Covid-19
Subject term:
Black lives matter movement
Accession number:
RU1003
Santo Subject:
San Martín de Porres
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Lived:
1579-1639
Feast Day:
November 3
Patronage:
patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony.
Note:
He was noted for his work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children's hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat. Among the many miracles attributed to him were those of levitation, bilocation, miraculous knowledge, instantaneous cures, and an ability to communicate with animals.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED