Small statues stand in niches backlit with brilliant ... Thomas, or Doubting Thomas as he is commonly known, was one of the Twelve Apostles, disciples sent out after Christ's Crucifixion to ...

The apostles, the first bishops of the Church ... to this day their skulls are in adjacent reliquaries in St. John Lateran and statues of the two flank St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Today, such vividly painted portable statues are commonly found in churches in Latin America; this one likely came from Central Mexico. James was one of the Apostles of Jesus, and according to legends ...