Talk:Maximón

A fact from Maximón appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 November 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Maximón, a saint venerated in the highlands of Guatemala, drinks whiskey, smokes cigarettes and grants prayers for revenge?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/November.

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San Simón[edit]

San Simón is worshipped much more widely than highland Guatemala, he is also venerated in practically identical form in Mexico (although not with the name Maximón), and I have come across him in Oaxaca. San Simón is also recognised by some Catholic Ladinos. His worship has also been carried to the US and elsewhere by Latin American immigrants. I have refs but am too busy with other stuff to look into this right now... Simon Burchell (talk) 21:10, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]