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Holy Infant of Atocha, Santo Niño de Atocha, Holy Child of Atocha, Saint Child of Atocha, or Wise Child of Atocha is a Roman Catholic image of the Christ Child popular among the Hispanic cultures of Spain, Latin America and the southwestern United States. It is distinctly characterized by a basket of bread he carries, along with a staff, and a ...
The Nuestra Señora de Atocha was named for the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha in Madrid, Spain. It was a heavily armed Spanish galleon that served as the almirante (rear guard) for the Spanish fleet. It would trail behind the other ships in the flotilla to prevent an attack from the rear.
Santo Niño de Tondo, second-oldest Filipino representation of the Child Jesus; Santo Niño de Arévalo, third-oldest Filipino representation of the Child Jesus; Santo Niño de Tacloban, a Filipino representation of the Child Jesus that arrived in Tacloban City, Leyte in 1770; Santo Niño de Atocha, a Hispanic representation of the Child Jesus
The children who can handle it dance for more than four kilometers (2.5 miles) until they arrive at the Santo Domingo Church, where the priests welcome them and say a Mass for the youngsters.
Maria held a figurine of the baby Jesus, which was detachable and used alone as an attraction every Christmas Eve. Eventually the emphasis shifted from Maria de Atocha to the Niño de Atocha. In the nineteenth century interest in Santo Niño de Atocha spread through the mining region of Zacatecas. Later in the 1800s, the town imported a blue ...
Santo Niño de Cebu In the 17th century, French Carmelites promoted veneration of the "Little King of Beaune". [ 6 ] In the late 19th century, a devotion to the "Holy Child of Remedy" developed in Madrid .
[3] [8] Other common and traditional outfits include Santo Niño de Atocha with crosier and seated on a chair, "Niño de las palomas" (Child of the doves) in a white robe with a dove between the hands, as San Francisco with sandals and brown robe, holding an animal, or "Niño de las azucenas" (Child of the lilies) with a white tunic and holding ...
A massive reproduction of El Divino Niño in the Dominican Republic.. The Divino Niño, also known as Divino Niño de Bogotá or Divine Child Jesus, is a 20th-century religious wooden statue of the child Jesus originating from Bogota, Colombia.