Holy Trinity
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
Holy Trinity
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
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Photograph - Photography
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Holy Trinity by Lynn Sprowl
and so the legend goes...
The land the church is located on was granted by Joaquin Codallos y Rabal in 1745. Though it was not until some 60 years later that the village of Arroyo Seco would come to be, however in a location much nearer the mountains than where it is today. As legend tells, one day, when some of the original Arroyo Seco families went to work in the fields, they told their children not to leave the area of the towers so that they could take refuge in case of a raid. The children paid little mind to their parent�s words and lost themselves in play. Just then, a pair of shadows fells across their path. They looked up to discover an old man and a young man who told them they lived further down the valley. The children asked the men why they were not afraid of the Indians, and the men noted that a white dove that was perched up in the tree above them warned them when bad people were nearby� and then the men left. That night, when the parents returned, the children told them the story of their interaction with the men. This concerned their parents, and the next day the whole lot of them began following the stream that led down the valley to see if they could find the men and see if they really were safe. Just ahead, one of the children spied the white dove in the treetops. The bird flew out of the tree and lit on a sharp stone. The stone seemed iridescent, as if light were coming from it. The group turned over the stone to locate the source of the light, and beneath it discovered a carved bulto of� an old man and a young man with a white dove above them. The family decided that this was the place they would build their church, and dedicated the place to the Holy Trinity� the father, the son, and the holy spirit� whom it seemed they had just met! This is where La Santisima Trinidad - The Church of the Most Holy Trinity - sits now.
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