Nuestro Señor de la Columna
Date: Friday, April 07
Topic: Attractions
In 1823, San Miguel merchant Cayetano Vargas commissioned parish priest of Atotonilco to sculpt a statue of Señor de la Columna in order to ask for a miracle. According to Félix Luna, Father Remigio was the very priest who handed the Virgin of Guadalupe’s banner to Miguel Hidalgo in 1910, at the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence.
Nuestro Señor de la Columna is a statue made of polychrome wood representing the flagellated Christ resting his arms on a small column. His cheek bears the scar of Judas’s kiss, His body is covered with blood and His ribs are exposed from flogging. Standing 1.80 meters high the statue weighs about 40 kilograms.
The figure stands on its left foot, with the right leg slightly bent. His eyes have a strange and tragic shine. Dressed only in a purple velvet loincloth, the figure is tied to the column by a purple rope hanging from its neck.
The column to which Christ is bound is said to be the link between heaven and earth.
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