Answered prayers :miracles and milagros along the border /Eileen Oktavec.

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Answered prayers :miracles and milagros along the border /Eileen Oktavec.

Description

Introduction: milagros and the cult of St. Francis - Offerings and answered prayers -- Offering sites throughout the Sonoran region -- Buying a milagro -- Stamping, engraving, and casting milagros -- From heads to handcuffs: many kinds of milagros -- What becomes of milagros -- The new milagro art -- The future of milagros. xxvi, 239 p. :ill. ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Oktavec, Eileen.

Place Published

City

Tucson

Date Published

circa 1995

Publication Subjects

Votive offerings--Arizona--Tucson Region. Votive offerings--Mexico--Sonora (State) Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.) Santa Mar{acute}ia Magdalena (Church : Magdalena de Kino, Mexico) Francis Xavier,Saint,1506-1552--Cult--Arizona--Tucson Region. Francis Xavier,Saint,1506-1552--Cult--Mexico--Sonora (State)

Call No.

BX1418 .T83 O38 1995

ISBN

0816515573, 0816515816 (pbk.)

LCCN

95004403

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references ([219]-225) and index.