Leonor de Calvo: Historia, ritual y simbolismo de un cuerpo momificado

Abstract

The convent of the Augustine nuns of Astigarraga maintains the remains of what was a mummified woman's corpse, which, until a few years ago, worked apparent healings in gravely ill children. The study of the history of the remains, of their relationship with religion and of the symbolic expression of the ritual of curation, reveals that this body is a very potent symbol; it is the expression of the organisation of religious experience and an identification reference for the conventual community.