Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Santo Nino Mid-relief coin 3D print model

A double-sided coin with mid-relief sculpture of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Infant Jesus (Santo Nino) on the reverse. Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Santo Nino are popular religious icons in Filipino culture, although their origins are European, but ultimately rooted in the Christian religion. Our Lady of Perpetual Help was originally a Greek painting called Theotokos of the Passion because the Theotokos, a Greek word which means God-bearer and a title for the Virgin Mary, is presented with the infant Jesus, while flanked by two angels that are carrying some symbols of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ, (The Cross, the spear, the sponge). The original painting was transferred by the Venetians from the island of Crete into Rome, and then to the Philippines. As for the Santo Nino, The Holy Child in Spanish, was based upon the Czech statue called The Infant of Prague and was brought to the Philippines by the Spaniards, who at the time owned Southern Italy, Central Europe, and most of the Americas. The significance of the Santo Nino was more of a juxtaposition of a child being adored as a king to drive in a Christian theological notion that a transcendent and powerful God at one point, became a small, vulnerable child. This resonated with the native Filipinos, and to this day In the Philippines, there is a yearly festival dedicated to the Santo Nino.

Available in both .obj and .stl formats.