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All items155922 of 244500The Holy Family - large plaster sculptureand another Virgin Mary
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    Posted 10 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5051 items)

    I have no idea which saints these ones are. I'm sure my Memere would have known. These were all found in the basement of the old church which someone i know cleaned out today. He sold them to me today.

    Mystery Solved

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      The third one is St Anthony of Padua and Lisbon.
    2. miKKoChristmas11 miKKoChristmas11, 10 years ago
      Hi, ho2cultcha! Thanks much for your kind email!!! Sorry I failed to catch it and respond!

      The first two statues represent St. Jude Thaddeus. St. Jude was one of the 12 Apostles. He is represented by a club and an image of Christ in the Image of Edessa, through which images he is reported to have cured a King of a serious illness. He was known as a miracle worker. His Feast in the Roman Catholic Church is celebrated on Oct. 28. He is one of the saints of 'the impossible cause', or of difficult or desperate cases. He was a relative of Jesus Christ, of Mary, and of Joseph. He is the only relative to have been chosen an Apostle. (Not that he was the only saint in the family!)

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle

      P.s., I loved the brown frog that was recently honored! Congratulations, sir!!! Regards, miKKo
    3. toracat toracat, 10 years ago
      Cool! Build a Church!! It will make you happy and peaceful!!
    4. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      build a church, toracat?! there are so many semi-vacant ones around. there's probably 20 of them within 2 blocks of my house!
    5. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      thank you for identifying the saints MikkoChristmas11! very helpful - the link too.

      as an avid atheist who is fascinated by religious iconography of all kinds, Catholic ones are particularly interesting to me. it's probably because i grew up in a large, Catholic family. i have nothing against any religion, but i choose not to follow any of them beyond fascination - looking from the outside.
    6. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      anyone know who the third saint is? he's carrying a child and some lilies.
    7. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      St. Anthony of Padua - i think this was already answered, but i don't see it anymore.
    8. austrohungaro austrohungaro, 10 years ago
      Yes, he's Sant Anthony, asVetraio answered in the first comment -which i can read perfectly-.

      I'm curious about this silly thing... apart from Jude Law, is Jude a sort of normal name in the Anglo-Saxon world. It's not in Spain, not at all! You may find some rare Tadeo but Judas?... Never! Well, my ex's brother has Judas as his middle name: his mother felt bad about poor St. Jude Thaddeus because nobody would call a boy after him :)
    9. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 years ago
      sorry vetraio! thanks austrohungaro. not surprising about the name "Judas" in Spain. in latin america, to be called a 'Judas' is an insult akin to 'traitor'.

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