Ex-voto

This article is about the votive offering. For the EP, see Ex-Voto (EP).
Mexican votive painting of 1911; the man survived an attack by a bull, attributed to the care of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
La Rochelle slave ship Le saphir, ex-voto in the Saint Louis Cathedral in La Rochelle, 1741

An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or a divinity, given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow made") or in gratitude or devotion.[1] The term is usually restricted to Christian examples.

  1. ^ Ex Voto: Votive Giving Across Cultures, (Ittai Weinryb, ed.), Bard Graduate Publications