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May 23, 2013
Tonya Hurley

Santa Muerte: My Search for the Bony Lady (PHOTOS)

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She goes, I was told, by many names: Lady Of Shadows. Holy Girl. Lady of the Night. The Skinny Lady. Santa Sebastiana. Frowned upon by the Church and the upper classes, worshiped secretly for centuries by the working classes, Santa Muerte has become the patron saint of the downtrodden.

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