Las madres del bien morir del Hospital de las Cinco Llagas de Sevilla en el Antiguo Régimen
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Después del Concilio de Trento,
el morir y el purgatorio cobraron gran
importancia en la vida de los católicos. En
instituciones regidas por la Iglesia como
el hospital de las Cinco Llagas de Sevilla
surgieron otras personas que ayudaban
a los curas a bien morir. Se trataba de la
“madre agonizante” que se encargaba de
ayudar a las moribundas a morir en paz que
ejecutaba desde que el médico o cirujano
ordenaba administrar el Santo Óleo de
la extremaunción. Estas madres debían
saber leer para estimular y exhortar a las
que se hallasen en este estado con algunas
invocaciones u oraciones. Tampoco, estas
mujeres se podían apartar de la cabecera de
la enferma de día ni de noche, siguiendo
las órdenes de su jefa inmediata, la madre
mayor. Una vez que la moribunda fallecía,
se encargaba de ayudar a amortajarla y
guardar en un cofre las pertenencias de las
agonizantes.
After the Council of Trent, the death and purgatory became very important in the life of Catholics. In institutions governed by the Church like the hospital of the Five Wounds of Seville need people to help to the priest to die well to the moribunds. The mother of the good death was responsible for helping the sick to die peacefully, which ran from the ordering physician or surgeon to give the extreme unction. They were also required to not move from the bedside of the sick day or night, following the orders of her superioriy, “la madre mayor”. “These mothers of the good death” must know to read to encourage and exhort the moribunds with some invocations or prayers. Once the sick person died, “the mother of the good death” was responsible for helping to lay out the dead and keep belongings in a chest of the dying.
After the Council of Trent, the death and purgatory became very important in the life of Catholics. In institutions governed by the Church like the hospital of the Five Wounds of Seville need people to help to the priest to die well to the moribunds. The mother of the good death was responsible for helping the sick to die peacefully, which ran from the ordering physician or surgeon to give the extreme unction. They were also required to not move from the bedside of the sick day or night, following the orders of her superioriy, “la madre mayor”. “These mothers of the good death” must know to read to encourage and exhort the moribunds with some invocations or prayers. Once the sick person died, “the mother of the good death” was responsible for helping to lay out the dead and keep belongings in a chest of the dying.







