Saint James the Apostle Church (Tequixquiac)

Saint James the Apostle Church in Tequixquiac.

The Saint James the Apostle Church (Spanish Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol ) is a church in Santiago Tequixquiac in the Mexican state of México .

It was founded in 1590 on the day of the Apostle James as a Spanish Franciscan mission to proselytize the indigenous people of the Otomí .

Today the church belongs to the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH).

architecture

Saint James the Apostle Church 2007.

The Saint James Apostle Church was built in different phases. The atrium was a large room enclosed in stone with a cross on top, with Christian and indigenous symbols on the walls. There are fountains in each of the four corners, and in the middle there is an open space with Solomonic columns . There are two portals in the facade, the stone reliefs of which are also decorated with indigenous symbols. The church and the city are dedicated to the Apostle James. During a drought, a sculpture of Señor de la Capilla (Our Lord of the Chapel) was brought from Apaxco to Tequixquiac. After the drought ended, it was not brought back, presumably because the fibers it was made of had swollen and it was now too difficult to carry. From then on, it has stayed in the city and many miracles have been attributed to it. The parish vault was built in 1856.

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literature

• La conquista espiritual en Tequixquiac , Miguel Ángel Olvera Vázquez, No. 1 (El señor de la capilla) Enero-Marzo de 2007.
• Monografía Municipal de Tequixquiac , Rodríguez Peláez María Elena, 1999.

Web links

Commons : St. James, Tequixquiac  - Collection of Images

Coordinates: 19 ° 54 ′ 37.1 ″  N , 99 ° 8 ′ 50.8 ″  W.