Description
In 1751, Pastor Garcia Guerrero, had the idea to give the people of Ayabaca a sculptural representation of his “patron saint” and a commission for this project among the villagers formed. It was decided to entrust the preparation of the image Ecuadorian artisans, considered at that time, great sculptors of religious images.
To this end, a delegation departed for Ecuador but after advancing a few leagues, they found “some gentlemen in white robes,” which were identified as “sculptors”. These mysterious characters, agreed to the making of the image under three conditions:
Anyone seeing work
They reached the food once a day and which would at dawn
The price of the work would be agreed at the end of the same
To spend several days of not knowing anything, the villagers decided to enter the “workshop”, meeting the artisans had disappeared leaving a sculpture that is now known as the “Lord of Ayabaca captive.” Here began the legend that the image of the “Lord” was the work of angels.
