description: In reviewing "Saints &amp; A Guide to New Mexico’s Most Popular Saints," you’ll quickly learn that this book is not a scholarly work, nor was it ever intended to be. The purpose of this book is to remind us of the importance that the saints, and the Roman Catholic calendar, have had in New Mexico for more than four hundred years. Throughout the state, many parishes and mission churches honor saints as their patrons. Hopefully, this book filled with art, from the classical to the whimsical, created by some of the New Mexico’s most prolific contemporary "santeros," will generate interest in learning more about the fascinating lives of the more than 3,000 saints that people from all over the world pray to each day. Not all of the New Mexico’s popular saints are featured in this book, since a few of them have yet to be depicted by artists. Saints are listed according to the feast day of the Roman Catholic calendar.
language: English
title: Saints & Seasons: A Guide to New Mexico's Most Popular Saints
titlecomplete: Saints & Seasons: A Guide to New Mexico's Most Popular Saints
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publisher: Gran Via Inc.