MED-18Private revelationAccount·Thomas of Cantimpré·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
A soldier of Charlemagne: his dead uncle reproaches him for keeping the horse meant to pay for Masses; the nephew dies (Cantimpré)
How it happened
- Apparitions — As in lifeThe soul is seen
What the soul wanted
- Warns, foretells or disclosesA danger, a death, a hidden sin
- Reproaches neglectForgotten promises, delayed Masses
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. 275–276 |
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?
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.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them