Santo (art)
![Regalia accessories for Our Lady of All Saints. Note the solid brass Aureola or halo. Spain, 2008.](/Images/godic/202501/02/ReinaTodoslosSantos1305.jpg")
![Often called the](/Images/godic/202501/02/Our_Lady_of_La_Naval_de_Manila1305.jpg")
![A common Spanish colonial santo or bulto with more caricature-like than realistic features, Harwood Museum, Taos, New Mexico](/Images/godic/202501/02/Bulto,_Harwood1305.jpg")
![Regalia for the image Our Lady of Manaoag in the ecclesiastical museum associated with the image's shrine. Many Santero collectors also have similar collections of accessories and vestments like this.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Museummanaoagaajf1305.JPG")
Santo (English: Saint) are various religious artforms found in colonized parts of Spain consisting of wooden or ivory statues that depict various saints, angels, or Marian titles or one of the personages of the Holy Trinity. A santero refers to a wood-carver who makes the image, but has also come to be known as someone who collects Santo images either as a religious devotion, or artistic hobby, or both. Some Santo images which have gained greater public devotion among the faithful have also merited Papal approval through Canonical Coronations.