Last June the closing of the diocesan process for the beatification of Pare Pere with the signing of the minutes and delivering documents held in Denia Episcopal Delegate for the Causes of Saints led to Rome. Within this process the opening of the tomb of the Franciscan, now included in the Church of the Assumption, to confirm that the body was incorrupt. That ceremony took place at the end of May, as explained by the attached notaria the diocesan process for the beatification of the hermit, María Asunción Sotillo, and information on the state of the body is attached to the report of beatification.
Now, two months after the opening, the user of Facebook Domingo Peiro shared in Dénia Antiga group a picture of the time of opening, in which you can see that indeed the body is uncorrupted. Next to the deceased monk body are some of the participants in the diocesan process of beatification of Pare Pere who attended the ceremony at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption.
The publication of the image has provoked some controversy, since some people consider that it is not necessary to show that photograph "out of respect for Pare Pere", an opinion that clashes head-on with the fervent of the friar, who thank him for sharing to show that he deserves be beatified The truth is that when 300 years after his death the citizenship could have access to the tomb and observe live the status of the dear dianense Pedro Esteve, Pare Pere.
The Franciscan friar died in 1658 in the Royal Convent of San Francisco de Valencia. At first he was buried in a common grave and then a tomb covered peanuts. When that place became barracks, in the year 1839, they found his uncorrupted body in a box lined with crimson velvet with gold hardware, and was transferred to the Cathedral of Valencia. Afterwards the city of Denia requested his remains, which rested until 1935 in the Municipal Archives. It was then, at the request of the pastor, his body was moved to the Church. During the Spanish Civil War remains rested in the municipal cemetery, and once finished moved permanently back to the church where lie still.
It is absolutely amazing how good it is to die 300 years ago and have no treatment of mummification. That great man and religious. It should be better known outside Denia. A treat for Denia. An example. God knows why these things.