Virdimura

Virdimura, rodivshayasya v den dozhdey i predznamenovaniy, nosit imya mkha, uporno poyavlyayushchegosya na gorodskikh stenakh Katanii. Ee vospityval otets, master Uriyä--vrach, vladeyushchiy taynami tselebnykh trav, redkimi nauchnymi znaniyami i mnogimi yazykami. On uchil Virdimuru istselyat tela i dushi, ne delaya razlichiy mezhdu musulmanami, khristianami ili iudeyami. Imenno otets peredal ey vazhnyy sekret: «Meditsina ne trebuet masterstva. Lish navyka». Eti slova Virdimura na sklone let povtoryaet pered komissiey, kotoraya reshaet, vydat li zhenshchine, vpervye v istorii, litsenziyu na vrachevanie. V Italii XIV veka, gde sudby peresekayutsya v teni kipyashchey Etny, Simona Lo Yakono sozdaet grandioznyy portret gordoy i muzhestvennoy Virdimury, kotoraya boretsya s sueveriyami i zakonami, chtoby utverdit pravo lyubogo cheloveka na lechenie, a zhenshchin---na svobodu.