I’ve gotten curious with the lady, said to be a local and very religious. Because of her religiosity and piety, her body has remained intact and uncorrupted despite having died in 1953.
Potenciana Saranza was born in Anda on 19 May 1927. After getting her teacher’s degree, she was teaching in one of the elementary schools in Misamis Oriental. One day, while hitching a ride on a logging truck due to the shortage of transportation, the truck had an accident and caused her death when she hit a coconut tree from the impact.
A motorized outrigger brought the coffin to Anda and was buried near Quinale Beach. Because of the said public hazard, it was exhumed and was to be transferred to the municipal cemetery. What they discovered when the coffin was opened was that the body was still intact and seemed to have just been buried a few days ago.
A centerpiece made from gold foil decorate the shrine with a framed photo of Inday Potenciana with a wooden rosary around it. Below is the glassed topped tomb of the saintly lady with a donation box. By this time, a family entered the chapel and came nearer the tomb.

I took a peek. But instead of the uncorrupted body, a dressed but blackened corpse of Inday Potenciana was there. It was now in a sad state. Locals blamed a previous attempt wherein acid was poured over the flesh.
It is said that the devotion, more like the cult of Inday Potenciana first started in Mindanao and then spread in Bohol. With many favors and prayers granted, faith keeps the devotion alive.

Though still unfinished, the Birhen sa Regla Chapel (Our Lady of Remedies) it was started in 1994 by Virginia Cavales who dreamt about it.
Bohol is known for pious and people of faith and it is this faith that makes the island province interesting to visit: from centuries old churches, age old rituals and devotion to their own beliefs.
My great thanx to Mayor Angelina Simacio for hosting me in Anda, Bohol and to Kathy Pitlo for guiding me around the municipality.