A dying nun's interior acts of resignation spare her Purgatory and she appears crowned. Tassone and Jugie tell it of Teresa; Schouppe of Mother Isabella of St Dominic and Sr Mary of St Joseph. Possibly one story
How it happened
- Apparitions — Glorified or risingThe soul is seen
What the soul wanted
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| TassoneDay by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory — Susan Tassone, 2014 | p. 340 |
| JugieThe Truth about Purgatory and the Means to Avoid It — Fr Martin Jugie AA, 1949 | p. 104 |
| SchouppePurgatory Illustrated by the Lives and Legends of the Saints — Fr F. X. Schouppe SJ, 1893 | pp. 351–352 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Death and the Particular Judgement
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: When Someone Dies
- Question: What happens to the soul at the moment of death?
- Question: Is Purgatory a "second chance"?
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: How We Help the Holy Souls
- Chapter: On Indulgences
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme A: Death and the particular judgementWhat the soul meets at death: the tribunal, the self-judgement, the anticipated judgement.
- Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
Told differently elsewhere
- One version
- told of Teresa (Tassone 340; Jugie 104)
- Another
- Mother Isabella of St Dominic and Sr Mary of St Joseph (Schouppe 351–352)
- What differs
- possibly one story with two attributions
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- EMO-04Teresa of Avila: a nun of "very ordinary life" goes almost straight to Heaven because she gained indulgences
- EMO-06Teresa of Avila: a Carmelite two days, another four hours; a Jesuit freed at the next day's Mass; a Jesuit brother rising with Christ