Saint Raymond Nonnatus (San Ramon Nonato)

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Painted in New Mexico, this small religious scene is known as a retablo. The New Mexican painters who specialized in these subjects were called santeros . The Spanish Saint Raymond Nonnatus was born by Caesarean section after the death of his mother (Nonnatus means "not born" in Latin). As such, he became the patron saint of childbirth, midwives, children, and pregnant women, and he is often depicted in a cardinal's red mozzetta, a shoulder-length cape.

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