Folk saint/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Folk religion [r]: The practice of local religious customs that deviate from the orthodox practices of the major religions to which adherents nominally belong. ^[e]
• Folk Catholicism [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Folk saints by country

Argentina

• Difunta Correa [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Enrique Gómez [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gaucho Gil [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Miguel Angel Gaitán [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pedrito Hallado [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pedrito Sangüeso [r]: Add brief definition or description

Guatemala

• Maximón [r]: A widely known folk saint from the highlands of Guatemala. ^[e]

Mexico

• Carlitos [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Juan Soldado [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Niño Fidencio [r]: Add brief definition or description

Peru

• Niño Compadrito [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rosita de Pachacutec [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sarita Colonia [r]: Add brief definition or description

Venezuela

• Juan Bautista Morillo [r]: Add brief definition or description
• María Francia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• María Lionza [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

Devotions to folk saints frequently share characteristics with the devotions and offerings made to other indigenous or syncretic spirits found nearby.

• El Tío [r]: In highland Bolivian folk religion, the spirit owner of the mountain, who is also known as Huari or Supay. ^[e]