Santa Muerte

Santa Muerte

female
Saint Death, otherwise known as "Santa Muerte", "La Santísima Muerte", and as "Doña Sebastiana", is a pseudo-religious figure who receives pe...
Juan Soldado

Juan Soldado

male, deceased (1938)
Juan Soldado, the name given to Juan Castillo Morales by his devotees, is a folk saint revered by many in northwestern Mexico and in the...
Difunta Correa

Difunta Correa

female
The Deceased [Deolinda] Correa (in Spanish La Difunta Correa) is a semi-pagan mythical figure in folk-religion, for which a number of people in...
Gauchito Gil

Gauchito Gil

male
The Gauchito Gil is a legendary character of Argentina's popular culture. His full name was Antonio Mamerto Gil Núñez and he was allegedly born in...

Jesús Malverde

male
Jesús Malverde, sometimes known as the "narco-saint", is a folklore hero in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. He is not officially recognized as a s...

Wilgefortis

female
Wilgefortis is a female fictitious saint of popular religious imagination whose cult arose in the 15th century. Her name derives from the Old...
Peter The Venerable

Peter The Venerable

male, deceased (1156)
Peter the Venerable (about 1092 - December 25, 1156 in Cluny, France), also known as Peter of Montboissier, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of...
Saint Guinefort

Saint Guinefort

male
Saint Guinefort was a 13th century dog that received local veneration as a saint after miracles were reported at his grave. His story is a...

Dominguito del Val

male
Saint Dominguito del Val was a choirboy and the alleged victim of a ritual murder by Jews in Saragossa (also known as Zaragosa) in c. 1250. "Saint"...

Maximón

male
Maximón is a saint worshipped in various forms by Maya people of several towns in the highlands of Western Guatemala. The origins of his cult are n...