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Maria Auxiliadora

Mary Help of Christians

Marian title, first used by Saint John Chrysostom in year 345 as a devotion to the Virgin Mary, along with Saint Don Bosco who also propagated the same Marian devotion under this title
(Wikipedia)

Francisco José Fuentes y Martín
2005

Description

Bronze statue of St. Mary, crowned and with a scepter, and Child, also crowned.

Inscription(s)

gratitud
a
maria auxiliadora
por la presencia
de sus Hijas, las Salesianas.

Ciudad de Telde 26-XI-1948 - 05-V-2005

Sculptor

Francisco José Fuentes y Martín, Spanish sculptor.

Sources & Information

Esculturas en Gran Canaria, Telde.
La Estrella que nos guia, Telde.
TeldeActualidad, 24 June 2008, El núcleo histórico de San Juan atesora gran parte de las esculturas figurativas y monumentales de Telde.

Locatie (N 27°59'57" - W 15°24'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca247; Photograph: 10 January 2015
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