EMO-74Private revelationAccount·Rossignoli's Merveilles·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
Naples: an old man hands a woman a note in a dead father's handwriting, for his son, announcing his release by her Mass
How it happened
- Apparitions — As a living strangerThe soul is seen
- Touch and physical tracesHeat, touch, a weight; burns and prints left on objects
What the soul wanted
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
- Gives a sign or proofA burn, a name, a fact the witness could not know
Evidence
- Information that could be checkedA name, a date, a hidden object, a fulfilled prediction
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. 298–299 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Three States of the Church and the Communion of Saints
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory know we pray for them?
- Question: Can the souls in Purgatory pray for us?
- Question: Can my refusal to forgive keep a soul in Purgatory?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme E: What the souls know, and do, for the livingWho prays for them, whether they pray for us, warnings, help and gratitude.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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