I thank Saint Pancras for protection me every November 2, because that night my bar is filled with the souls of the dead of the town. They come very cheerful to celebrate their Feast with music and mezcal.

Filomeno Arriaga
Oaxaca, Mexico

Humberto Medina was caught by police. They tortured him with a bucket of urine. He thanks Saint Pancras with this retablo for he endured it all and didn’t say anything, because he was innocent.

Juan Velazquez got drunk and fell asleep on the railroad. He thanks Saint Pancras for his buddy came in time and dragged him off the tracks before he was chopped in pieces by the locomotive.

I dedicate this retablo to Saint Pancras. Thanks to him I invented a marvelous machine which makes the most delicious salami and pork sausages in Queretaro.

Raul Chavez couldn’t find a job and dedicated himself to prostitution with women. But one day in husband caught him working on his wife and began shooting at him. He thanks Saint Pancras for he survived and promises to dedicate himself to something else.

The girl Rosita Fernandez thought it would be fun to blow the trumpet next to her sleeping dad. However, it caused him a heart attack and he was taken to the hospital. Rosita thanks for her father didn’t die and promises to not make such jokes again.

Pedro Contreras was helping to unload a grand piano and hurt his hands very badly. He thanks Saint Pancras with this retablo for they got healed.

Araceli Lopez and her boyfriend had sex while drunk. Suddenly he slipped in the wrong hole and cause her tremendous pain. She thanks Saint Pancras with this retablo for quick healing because she couldn’t even sit.

Enrique Perez loved to go to prostitutes. But one day he got drugged and was left naked and tied up in the motel. He thanks Saint Pancras for his wife didn’t divorce him and promises to amend his ways.

Gustavo Suarez enjoyed spying on his master’s daughters while they were taking bath in the river. He thanks Saint Pancras with this retablo because when one of them noticed him, she didn’t report on him, and now they’re lovers.

Carlos Mendez thanks Saint Pancras with this retablo for the fulfillment of his desire to have a large beard. Now many people are jealous of him.

The Tellez Ruiz couple decided to play with hot wax during their love making. But it only caused serious burns to the husband. They thank Saint Pancras for his healing and promise not to go crazy anymore.

I give thanks to Saint Pancras with this retablo because I finally managed to catch the two rats that lived in my basement. They were the size of a cat.