Church of St. Anthony
Siolim, Bardez, Goa, India.
Legend of the Statue and the Snake
Legend has it that in the early stages of the construction of the church dedicated to the Saint, a huge python snake every night destroyed whatever stone masonry that was laid during the day. This is believed to have repeatedly happened over a period of several days. Finally, one day, before winding up work for the night, the faithful workers placed a statue of St. Anthony at the site along with a noose at one end of a rope and the other tied to the hand of the statue. The very next morning they were surprised to find that the snake had placed its head into the noose thereby stopping to obstruct and hinder the work.
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