MED-23Private revelationAccount·St Lutgarde·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
Innocent III appears in flames to St Lutgarde on the day of his death (16 July 1216): centuries of Purgatory unless she helps
How it happened
- Apparitions — In flames, chains or mourningThe soul is seen
What the soul wanted
- Asks for prayer or other helpRosary, Stations, Office, Communion, fasting, obedience, pilgrimage, indulgences
- Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps
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. 111–112, 113 |
| JugieThe Truth about Purgatory and the Means to Avoid It — Fr Martin Jugie AA, 1949 | pp. 54–55 |
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?
- Chapter: The Saints and Mystics
- Chapter: The Church’s Definitions
- Question: How should I weigh private revelations about Purgatory?
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.
- Theme J: Discernment — soul, demon, or imaginationHow witnesses and clergy tested apparitions, and what the Church leaves free.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them