Nieremberg offers himself as a victim for a dying penitent and suffers sixteen years
How it happened
- Suffering for the soulsThe witness takes on, or tastes, a soul’s pain
What the soul wanted
- No stated purpose
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| SchouppePurgatory Illustrated by the Lives and Legends of the Saints — Fr F. X. Schouppe SJ, 1893 | pp. 267–268 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: How We Help the Holy Souls
- Chapter: On Indulgences
- Chapter: A Drop for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: A Rule of Charity for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: Three Things to Arrange Before You Need Them
- Question: Which prayers and works help the souls most?
- Question: What should I do for the dead?
What the witnesses report on this
- 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
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