St. Simon Stock

Church of San Juan, Teitipac, Oaxaca, Mexico
Location: An altar along the north wall of the nave
Brown habit with brown hood and gold cord, tonsure, Christ child in left arm wearing brown habit, scapular hanging from child's hand
Wood, gesso, paint; cloth robes; glass eyes; height less than 2 feet (67 cm).

In 1991 the sacristan at Teitipac said the statue is dedicated to the Virgen of Carmen because S. Simon Estoc wore her scapular during a drought and was rewarded with a great rain. The people of Teitipac still pray to the Carmen for rain. The habit is oversized.

The gesso has chipped away from the hair and from several areas of the face. The paint is coarse, the skin dark.

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Photographed at the site by Claire and Richard Stracke