Fr Panzini to Mother Isabella Fornari (1 Nov 1731): his hand and a cross burned into her worktable, a sheet of paper, her tunic and chemise
How it happened
- Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
- Touch and physical tracesHeat, touch, a weight; burns and prints left on objects
What the soul wanted
- Asks for prayer or other helpRosary, Stations, Office, Communion, fasting, obedience, pilgrimage, indulgences
- Gives a sign or proofA burn, a name, a fact the witness could not know
Evidence
- A lasting physical traceA burn or print that remained
- A contemporary inquiry or documentA canonical inquiry, a signed letter, an official report
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg | pp. 76–77 |
| TassoneDay by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory — Susan Tassone, 2014 | pp. 386–393 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Fathers and Tradition
- Chapter: The Saints and Mystics
- Question: Do the souls appear to the living? What about “ghosts”?
- Question: When the souls appear, what do they ask for?
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: The November Devotions and All Souls
- Chapter: Mary, Mother and Queen of the Holy Souls
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
- Theme H: Days and hoursAll Souls, Christmas, Easter, Our Lady's feasts, Saturdays, the moment of the Mass.
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-03Teresa of Avila: the demon tries to stop her Office of the Dead on All Souls' eve and flees holy water; souls leave Purgatory
- EMO-07Louis Bertrand: St Louis Bertrand (Valencia, 1557): a plague-dead religious returns as promised; a layman sees the earth open and …
- 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-13Magdalen de Pazzi: Maria-Benedicta borne away by angels as a dove, held in the pain of loss, admitted to glory at the Sanctus of her …
- EMO-20Margaret Mary: a dead sister first in a dream, then on a bed of flaming points, her tongue devoured; she asks for Margaret Mary's …
- 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-22Margaret Mary: her former confessor, a Benedictine of Cluny, "totally enveloped in fire", stays at her side three months
- EMO-34Frances of Pamplona: Ven. Frances of the Blessed Sacrament (Pamplona): souls fill her cell carrying the instruments of their sins, wait …