Matches of Lwa With Catholic Saints

Compiled by Bob Corbett

p. 46 From Mama Lola

St. Peter
Danbala
Moses
Black Danbala (stick which turned to a snake)
St. Peter
Legba
St. Lazarus
Legba guardian of the barrier
St. Anthony
Legba (Leyburn)
St. James the Greater
Ogoun
St. Isidore
Zaka
St. Gabriel
Papa Gede spiriti of humanity, sex, protector of children
St. Gerard
Gede
Agoue
St. Ulrique (who usually holds a fish)
Agwe
St. Ulrique
Our Lady of Sorrows
Ezili Danto (p. 217)
Our Lady of Czestochowa (Polish black virgin)
Ezili Danto (p. 228)
Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (p. 228)
Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre Lasyrenn
Maria Delorosa del Monte Calvario
Ezili Freda
Ezili Freda:
Rada
Ezili Danto:
Petro

St. Cosmos and St. Damian for the marassa. (Desquiron, p. 84)


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