THE BEATITA OF HUMAY

LUISA OF THE RED TOWER

The spouses Don Agustín of the Tower and Doña Red Isabel, both resident Spaniards in the town of the gentleman District of Humay, were the parents of Carmen and Luisa of the Red Tower, twin sisters; they were born a day 21 of June of year 1819, the same day later threw the water to them of aid differing the sacrament from the baptism three months, being celebrated day 24 of September in santa Parochial church of his town, by the Reverendo Father Santiago Domínguez. She was godmother of both Doña Brown Mercedes, were left orphans at the age of two years under the cares of the aunts Juanita and Panchita; to the fifteen years of age they gave his first comunión noticing in both sisters great as much physical similarity as modales, nevertheless Lewisite had the clearer complexion something and stature higher than its Carmen sister.

The sisters of the Tower had in Humay marries own of ample proportions, in her a chapel where they venerated to the boy Jesus and to the Virgin of Guadalupe, in addition to other images of their devotion, those are postraban there that they came to the house of the beatitas in search of a corporal remedy or of a spiritual consolation, there took refuge more than a wife mistreated by their embriagado or jealous husband; the other departments properly were prepared each one for their aims, like for the education of the first letters, seam and embroiderings in frame, treatment of patients and hospedería with gratuitous feeding for the travellers who obligatorily passed by the place; the fore door opened to a runner seeded by enredaderas that climbed to huarango.

The treatments that Luisa did of the Tower, were for her a habit, cured all class of diseases dealing them with medicinal grass, making them invoke to the patients with her, their orations to the boy Jesus to that called its doctorcito announcing to them with all naturalness the health or the death according to the aims of God, and make sure that never it failed the Lewisite word. Their treatments did not have number nor limit, every day some patients arrived and in serious cases they sent it to call; it was gotten to as much extend his prestige and fame of sanctity that came from different parts from the republic; they did so much on foot as in horses, to cure themselves of some ailment, others attracted by the curiosity, to know it personally and to do questions and consultations to him.

The sisters of the Tower did not have yields nor small farms, their necessities were so few that stop to cover them were enough flatteries of the thanked for people.

Are many testimonies that is mentioned in the biography written by the R.P. Enrique Perroquet, who would be very long to enumerate them, among them is said gave back the eyes to a girl who was born completely blinds. It in the heat of revived being velorio Mr. Gregorio Montoya; it cured of smallpox you vitiate the Parish priest of his town, Reverendo Mauricio Mayurí. Without nobody warned to him, miraculously it appeared in the city of Lima to give him to a taking of remedy prepared of medicinal grass to canon Dr Julian de Enderida, his old confesor, healing to him a incurable disease, disappearing later like a vision. Of ollita of mud in which, by miraculous facts, the food was multiplied to reach after all those that they appeared and still it exceeded, being astonished all those that distrusted of their invitation. Of the miraculous appearances to save human lives in danger. They tell that an occasion was in the city of Ica, went to take leave of her a man who came to Lima with intentions to give death him to his wife by certain indisposiciones that they had given him of her, and to the time to take leave, outside its custom the beatita Luisa, embraced it and pressing the arms to him it said "care to him with those intentions that you" in Lima once take, being the man in front of his wife, saw that it did not have action to raise the arms.

It passed away of pulmonía at the age of 50 years and 5 months, a day 21 of November of 1869, under the professional attentions of the Dr Juan Silva, brought of the city of Ica. His rest rest in Santa Iglesia of his town "San Pedro de Humay".

To initiative of the R.P. Mauricio Mayurí it was transferred to his Carmen sister to the city of Ica, in the month of February of 1870, settling down in the street Bolivar, to the flank of the house of Don Gabriel Moyano. Year 1899 passed away, to the 60 years of age; their rest rest in Santa Iglesia of Mr. de Luren de Ica, by special license of the Excmo. Archbishop Primate of Peru, Dr Paschal Pedro Farfán, being Parish priest of the Temple the R.P. Domingo Reverter.

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TO THE BOTTOM THE CHURCH HUMAY SAN PEDRO

THE BEATITA OF HUMAY

THE BEATITA OF HUMAY

CHURCH HUMAY SAN PEDRO

CHURCH HUMAY SAN PEDRO

ALTAR OF THE CHURCH HUMAY SAN PEDRO

HERE LIE THE REST OF LUISA OF THE RED TOWER, DIED IN SANCTITY SCENT