Mr. Cautivo de Ayabaca Senor Cautivo Candle Holder

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Item No.: LG71375-11

Size: 4.5 Inch

” In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ two thousand and two, on the Solemnity of the Lord Jesus Christ” Cautivo de Ayabaca “October 13, with the blessing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II: I Daniel Turley Murphy, OSA, bishop of the diocese of Chulucanas, in response to the request of thousands of pilgrims and devotees of Lord Cautivo, requesting the temple of Our Lady of Pilar de Ayabaca to the category of Sanctuary rises and considering the increasing maturity in the faith of God’s people. DECREES: raising the parish church from the date SANCTUARY category Captive Lord of Ayabaca, taking into account the recommendations established for that purpose, Daniel Murphy Turey OSA, bishop of Chulucanas .

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.

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Additional information

Dimensions 4.1 × 4.1 × 4.7 in
Item No.

LG71375-11

Size

4.5 Inch

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