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First Saint of Santa Muerte

Including an English translation of the

San Padrino Endoque

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First Saint of Santa Muerte

Table of Contents pg. 4 – Una promesa a la Santa – The martyrdom of San Padrino

(Chesnut/Metcalfe)

The Vow- pg. 4

Santa Muerte International – pg. 5

A Godmother’s Devotion - pg. 6

San Padrino Endoque – pg. 7

pg. 10 – ORACION A LA SANTA MUERTE Y AL PADRINO ENDOQUE

COMANDANTE PANTERA

pg. 11 – Prayer to Saint Death and Godfather Endoque Commander

Panther

pg. 12 – Appendix 1: Imagos del Templo (Source: Santa Muerte Internacional)

pg. 26 – Appendix 2: La Posesion! (Source: Enriqueta Vargas)

pg. 33 – Appendix 3: El Padrino Jonathan Legaria Vargas, Mi Niña y

el Milagro, a letter from Jeronimo Santiago(Collected by Dr.

R.A. Chesnut)

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"Death remains a great mystery, and there is power in that mystery. People

pray to that power for protection."

- Jurek Paramo, leader of a prayer service dedicated to Santa Muerte, quoted in On

Mexico's Mean Streets, the Sinners Have a Saint, (New York Times, March 26th, 2004)

"It is said, in her prayers, in fact, that her role is to take the faithful to their

reward, to stand before the throne of God in order that He might pass

judgment on the deceased and determine what the fate of their souls is to

be."

- Edward Holman, La Santisima Muerte: A Mexican Folk Saint, (Self published Sept. 9th, 2007)

“A brand-new Saint arose in the district; his story ran through the

countryside, like a ballad, in rough-and-ready rhyme. It was sung and

danced at evening under the oak by the fountain. The priest who came on

Sunday to say Mass in the forest chapel found the legendary song in every

mouth already. Then he said to himself: ". . . But however did they come

across it?" Then would they show him authentic witnesses, of

unimpeachable veracity,—the tree, the rock, those that saw the apparition,

the miracle. What more could be said after that?

- Jules Michelet, The Sorceress (La Sorcière- trans. A.R. Allinson) (London Imperial Press,

1905)

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The martyrdom of San Padrino

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