MED-47Private revelationAccount·Elizabeth of Portugal·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
Queen Constance appears to a hermit asking a year of daily Masses (St Elizabeth of Portugal); on the 366th day she appears in white
How it happened
- Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
What the soul wanted
- Asks for MassesOften a stated number
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
Evidence
- It stopped once help was givenThe visits ceased after the suffrage asked
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. 198–199 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: A Rule of Charity for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: How We Help the Holy Souls
- Chapter: On Indulgences
- Chapter: A Drop for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: Three Things to Arrange Before You Need Them
- Question: Which prayers and works help the souls most?
- Question: What should I do for the dead?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
- 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
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