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San Rafael
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About this work
Saint Raphael, the guide of travelers and pilgrims, is represented here with his symbols, a fish and a staff. According to the book of Tobit, Raphael accompanied Tobit’s son Tobias on a long journey. When the young Tobias caught a fish in the Tigris River, Raphael warned him not to eat the heart and liver. Later, Tobias used these parts as protection against the devil.
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Credit lineSan Rafael. late 19th-early 20th century. Genaro Rivera Aviles, born Orocovis, Puerto Rico 1861-died Morovis, Puerto Rico 1941. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection. CC0.
