SANTA LIBRADA
THIS IS THE LEGENDARY SANTA LIBRA.
HER NAME TRANSLATES INTO ST. DELIVERESS.
AS A DAUGHTER OF THE KING, HER FATHER ARRANGED MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE WITH A NEIGHBORING KING, A HEATHEN. A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN, SHE WAS UNWILLING TO MARRY A HEATHEN. SHE PRAYED TO GOD TO ESCAPE THE MARRIAGE AND OVER NIGHT GREW A BEARD, AND SO HER FATHER HAD HER CRUCIFIED. SHE IS PATRONESS OF WOMEN WISHING TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AND BURDONSOME HUSBANDS, OR UNWANTED SUITORS
THIS SAINT, PART OF OUR COLLECTION OF NEW MEXICO DEVOTIONAL ART
( THIS ONE BELONGS TO MY WIFE, I WONDER WHY ? ) WAS CRAFTED BY SANTA FE SANTERA MARIE ROMERO CASH, DAUGHTER OF SANTA FE TINSMITHS EMILIO AND SENADA ROMERO.
HER BROTHER JIMMY ROMERO GETS CREDIT FOR THE TIN CROSS.
JIMMY HAS BEEN MAKING ALL THE TIN MIRRORS AND OTHER ACCENT PIECES FOR MY HOMES FOR THE PAST TWELVE YEARS.
ALTHOUGH THIS NICHO STILL NEEDS THE FINISH COAT OF PLASTER, I COULDN'T WAIT TO PUT SOMETHING IN IT TO SEE HOW IT WOULD LOOK.
AND NO, SHE DOESN'T COME WITH THE HOUSE
