Monday, February 29, 2016

242. IN THE COMPANY OF SPIRITS

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FLOY QUINTOS AMONG FRIENDS AT GALLERY DEUS. Photo by Romy Homillada. By Alya B. Honasan yOriginally published in the Artwatch section ...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

241. ANGONO'S SAN CLEMENTE PUTOL

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SAN CLEMENTE, patron of Angono fishermen. Also called "San Clementeng Putol" because the half-bodied santo was meant to ...
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Thursday, February 4, 2016

240: Retro-Santo: STA. CLARA DE MONTEFALCO of PASAY

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STA. CLARA DE MONTEFALCO OF PASAY, as she looked in  the 1960s. Note her attributes; cross and balance scale. Souvenir holy card, ...
Friday, January 29, 2016

239. The Untouchable: STA. INES of BULACAN, BULACAN

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TOUCH HER NOT: The revered antique ivory Sta. Ines of Bulacan, Bulacan . In a chapel in Bulacan, Bulacan can be found a small, ivory ...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

238. A SELECTION OF SANTOS FROM PHILIPPINE AUCTION HOUSES, part I

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CALVARIO TABLEAU, from the Bautista Collection. Ivory-headed manikin santos. The corpus of the crucified Christ is all ivory. Leon Ga...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

237. THE HOLY VIRGIN OF INSTANT MERCY, by Gene Cabrera

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Originally published on Free Press,  12 December 1953, pp. 59-61  Pulilan is a town in Bulacan some 46 kilometers north of Manila. Sa...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

236. Santo Stories: SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS y STA. MARGARITA MARIA ALACOQUE of the Dela Cruz Family

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The city of Mabalacat in Pampanga resides an antique devotional tableau rarely seen in private homes. The two-figure tableau depicts the ...