Miraclesstillhappen—orsotheysay…Whatistheplaceofthesacredinthecontemporaryworld?Lookingagainatamyththathauntsus,thatofSaintAnthonyofLisbon(andalsoofPadua),throughthetimelesspaintingofGoya,13Alfinetesisastoryoflove,revenge,andblood.ItbeginswithareenactmentofanepisodesupposedlyoccurringinmedievalLisbon,filteredthroughthecosmopolitan18th-centuryMadrid,andreturningtoLisbontoday,wheremiracles,intruth,nolongerhappen.