Religiousness and Medicine in Late Medieval Valencia: The Discovery of the Incorrupt Body of Angelina Bertran (1447)

En abril de 1447, va ser trobat casualment al cementiri de la parròquia de Sant Llorenç de la ciutat de València, el cos incorrupte d’una jove anomenada Angelina Bertran. Per discernir si el fet era sobrenatural o no, fou nomenada una comissió de metges. Malgrat la seva perplexitat i impossibilitat de donar una explicació raonada, i la ràpida creença popular que es tractava d’un cas digne de veneració, els fets no portaren a considerar que Angelina meresqués pujar als altars. No obstant, l’esdeveniment va passar a ser relatat en nombroses ocasions pels historiadors locals.In April 1447, the incorrupt body of a young woman named Angelina Bertran was accidentally found at the cemetery of the parish of St. Lawrence in the city of Valencia. To determine whether the cause was supernatural or not, a committee of physicians was appointed. Despite their confusion and inability to give a reasoned explanation, and although popular opinion quickly spread that it was a case worthy of veneration, facts did not lead to believe that Angelina deserved canonization. However, the event was to be repeatly reported by local historians