Folk saint
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Folk saints are dead people or other spiritually powerful entities venerated as saints, but not officially canonized. Since they are saints of the "folk", or the populus, they are also called popular
Gauchito Gil (left) and San La Muerte (right), two examples of Argentine folk saints
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St Michael, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon Shrine to St Edburg geograph.org.uk 1610457
Santa Muerte
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Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte, often shortened to Santa Muerte, is a new religious movement, female deity, folk-Catholic saint, and folk saint in Mexican folk Catholicism and neo-paganism. A perso
Folk saint
…marginalized people; Canonized on 13 October 2019 by the Catholic Church. First Brazilian female saint. Popular saints identified with folkloric beings Santa Muerte Mexico United States Central America Shrine of Most Holy Death, Mexico City, Mexico love, prosperity, good health, fortune, healing, safe passage…
Illustration of Santa Muerte
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico
Mictēcacihuātl (or Mictlancihuatl), the skeletal Aztec goddess of death
One of José Guadalupe Posada's Catrina engravings (1910–1913)