Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
In colonial times there were many miraculous crosses; the most famous of these was the Cross of Huatulco. In the year 1587, Sir Francis Drake disembarked in Huatulco with his men; the pirates became furious when they found no provisions and attempted to vent their anger on a tall and venerable cross that protected the port. They proceeded to cover it with tar and set it on fire, but the cross suffered no damage whatever; then it was tied with a rope fastened to the English ship’s mast, but the cable parted before it could pull down the cross; then the English decided to chop it to pieces, but their axes turned blunt and could make no mark on it The origin of the Cross of Huatulco is enveloped in legend: Burgoa and Diez de la Calle say that, according to the Chontal Indians of the region, it had been placed there fifteen hundred years before by a holy man, identified as the Apostle Saint Thomas.
Source Text: The Medieval Heritage of Mexico by Luis Weckmann
