OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 63261

folk saint

Meanings (ES + gloss)
santo popular
A deceased person or otherwise spiritually powerful entity venerated as a saint, but not officially canonized.
The shrines of the Virgin of Luján and the Virgin of Itatí are far more commercial than most folk saint shrines, as is (among innumerable examples) the annual fiesta to the Lord of…
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