This situation allows El Niño Fidencio to be recognized as a folk saint.

Maximón, a folk saint venerated in Latin America.

He and his wife Rani Rupade are revered as folk saints in western Rajasthan.

She is revered as a folk saint in western Rajasthan.

A chapel is dedicated to the folk saint, San Juan Bautista.

For the folk saint with this name, see Wilgefortis.

The amulet contains theosophic names as well as the names of folk saints.

He is celebrated as a folk saint by some in Mexico and the United States, particularly among those involved in drug trafficking.

What's more, Lincoln was so much larger than life that he has become something like a secular folk saint.

This promoted the devotion to local images and folk saints, along with pilgrimages to their sites.