Friar Pau of Alacant: The plague of 1647-48 in Valencia and his capuchin biographical micro-stories

• Vicent Josep Escartí ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de València

     Universitat de València

     Valencia, España

     
• Localización: Handbook of research on historical pandemic analysis and the social implications of COVID-19 / coord. por Antonio Cortijo Ocaña, Vicent Martines Peres, 2022, ISBN 978-1-79987-987-9, págs. 34-46
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • The Capuchin friar Pau of Alacant-Jaume Fornals Colomina (Alacant 1612-1664), in view of the impact of the plague epidemic that hit many European territories in the mid-17th century and in order to highlight the martyrdom suffered by his religious brothers who had helped the sick in Valencia, wrote a letter that included several hagiographic-looking accounts, published in 1648. This chapter provides information on this forgotten author and analyzes the construction of micro-biographies that stress human values in difficult times.