Abeja’s Flight: Buzzing
The second of Fatima Abeja’s hagiographies, examining the life of Martin de Porres, the Barber Saint. After inexplicably waking up in his bedroom behind his chapel in the Convent, she feverishly completed this work in one night.
I’m Reading…
Son of a laundress and an apprentice barber, Martin entered the Dominican Order of Lima as a servant. When performing his chores, he appeared in multiple places at once in the convent. The prior eventually allows him to take vows- ones he did not obey. Soon, he’s granted complete freedom to act according to his whims.
I’ve Read…
Bewildering miracles followed him: praying unburnt amidst a chaotic fire and passing locked doors to help those behind them. At his death, the people of Lima cut fabric from his habit to keep as protective relics. That same evening, they became a swarm of moths in the sky, dappling the city in the moonlight before dying. **Effect: **Memory: Impulse **Mastery: **Lesson: Resurgences & Emergences
Aspects
- Mystery: Moth 8
- Subject: Resurgences & Emergences
- Codex
- Readable
- Thing
- Colegio de Santa Potenciana