found: Arce Burguera, Arisel. La verdadera historia de Babalúaiyé, c2011:title page (Babalúaiyé) page 7 (Babalúaiyé (Padre podoroso del mundo); Babalú; the Cuban version of a sub-Saharan African deity; the deity is also known as Asoyín, Asojuano, Shapkuana, Alifreté, Afimayé, Sokuta, Lokuón, Dokunambó and many other names; he is also known in Cuba and other Caribbean and Latin American countries as San Lázaro, but by this is actually meant not the Catholic saint [Lazarus of Bethany] but the "imagen del pordosero o limosnero medieval" [i.e., the Biblical beggar Lazarus], who may have acquired his popularity after the plague epidemic in Europe in the 14th century)
found: Encyclopedia of religion, 2005 (viewed online Jan. 5, 2015):page 1434 (Shakpana (also Babaluaiye; Ṣọ-pọna in Yoruba), equated with Saint Lazarus [this information appears under the heading "Cuban Santería"])
found: Leach, Marjorie. Guide to the gods, c1992 (viewed online Dec. 31, 2014):page 445 (Babaluaye; a god of contagious diseases identified with St. Lazarus; his symbol is a pair of crutches and he is represented by a leprous old man accompanied by two dogs; Cuba and Puerto Rico, West Indies)
found: Murrell, Nathaniel Samuel. Afro-Caribbean religions, 2010 (viewed online Dec. 31, 2014):page 112 (Babaluaiye (Babalu-Aye); Cuba's creole name for the Ewe-Fon-Dahomey Shopona, or Chankpana, god of illness, who can punish and kill through disease; "cross-dresses as St. Lazarus")
found: Wikipedia (Spanish), Dec. 31, 2014(Babalú Ayé; a god of the Yoruba religion; in Santería he is syncretized with San Lázaro; he is equivalent to Omolú in Afro-Brazilian cults; Xapanã [given here without explanation, this name appears in the NAF as a see reference to Obaluaiê (Afro-Brazilian deity), as does Omolú]; he is the orisha of leprosy, smallpox, venereal diseases and in general of plagues and misery)
found: Wikipedia (English), Dec. 31, 2014(Babalu Aye; Babalú-Ayé; in Africa, the Yoruba call him Shopona, the Fon call him Sagbata, and the Ewe venerate a similar figure with the praise name Anyigbato; Babalú-Ayé is among the most popular orishas and is syncretized with Saint Lazarus)
