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Dacal's mockery was one fact that
Cenarbe residents cited to accuse Dacal of witchcraft, also saying they had been bewitched by her and that she had caused women of the town to have miscarriages. Others claimed that Dacal's ministrations forced them to bark like dogs in the church. Some affirmed that
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Dacal belonged to a family that practiced healing in her rural community using medicinal plants and substances. She had two brothers, Juan and MarĂa, and was married to Juan de Portañya, although she was abandoned by him and thereafter lived alone and supported herself as a healer. At the time, the
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In 1498, a grandmother believed that her granddaughter had overcome a serious illness thanks to her prayers to Saint CebriĂĄn. Shortly after the grandmother's death, another grandchild fell ill and her family lamented that the grandmother could no longer pray for the sick child. Dacal scoffed at
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Dacal's healings prevented them from seeing the white wafer-like host of the
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