Ven. Catherine Paluzzi: Sr Bernardine rises radiant from a smoking pit on her anniversary
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 |
|---|---|
| SchouppePurgatory Illustrated by the Lives and Legends of the Saints — Fr F. X. Schouppe SJ, 1893 | p. 123 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Time and Intensity
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: How long does Purgatory last?
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory suffer?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme G: Durations and intensityFrom a quarter of an hour to “until Judgment Day” — and why no figure is a fact.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
Related, from the same witness family
- EMO-01Teresa of Avila: the souls she freed rise "from the bosom of the earth"; a provincial with the face of a man under thirty; a young …
- 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
- EMO-09Louis Bertrand: souls come to thank or beg, especially on All Souls' (Gemminger); O'Sullivan, Read Me or Rue It tells only that his own father is freed only after …
- EMO-14Magdalen de Pazzi: her brother's soul, "miserable and blessed at the same time"; she is heard counting the 107 Communions he begs
- EMO-17Magdalen de Pazzi: a fervent nun detained sixteen days for three refusals of grace
- EMO-21Margaret Mary: Mother de Montoux placed under the chalice on the altar of repose on Holy Thursday, relieved by the whole Order's …
- EMO-31Margaret Mary: Claude de la Colombière deprived of the vision of God from his death until his burial
- EMO-33Margaret Mary: a soul would suffer twice as much, until Judgement Day, to see Jesus gaze on it with love