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themselves "Iittle receptaeles," the men simply "receptacles." They are bodies, receptors and transmitters who heal with Fidencio's power . When Fidencio comes to them "their museles relax, the voice is transformed to that of a boy." Every October, Espinazo becomes an en campment of suffering bodies . Thousands of pilgrims come to touch his tomb. His followers enter into a trance and , guided by Fid encio 's spirit, bathe patients in the Sacred Pool, where Fidencio once treated the insane. On their knees or carried on
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the backs of others, they retrace the path that links the Piru tree , where Fidencio cried in hunger and grief, to
was buried. "Good-bye young Fidencio / I must take leave my friend / as I set off from your holy land / may we meet againl"
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Excélsior. El Universal. Revista de Revistas. Revista Hoy . Luis Manuel Ortiz, "Fidencio al descubierto" in