EMO-36Private revelationAccount·Frances of Pamplona·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
Frances of Pamplona's durations: 59, 35 and 64 years; priests longer (40, 45); a bishop 5; a young woman long for want of submission at death (Schouppe); by Faber's count most of "some hundreds" 30–60 years (Ursuline of Sligo); O'Sullivan, Read Me or Rue It gives only the 30–60-year figure
How it happened
- Visions of Purgatory itselfThe witness is shown the place, or a release
What the soul wanted
- Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps
Evidence
- None stated in the source
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. 139, 147–148, 349–350 |
| Ursuline of SligoStories about Purgatory and What They Reveal — An Ursuline of Sligo, 1904 (TAN 2005) | pp. 25–26 |
| O'Sullivan, Read Me or Rue ItRead Me or Rue It — Fr Paul O'Sullivan OP, 1936 | p. 8 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: How long does Purgatory last?
- Chapter: Time and Intensity
- Chapter: Death and the Particular Judgement
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: When Someone Dies
- Question: What happens to the soul at the moment of death?
- Question: Is Purgatory a "second chance"?
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme A: Death and the particular judgementWhat the soul meets at death: the tribunal, the self-judgement, the anticipated judgement.
- Theme G: Durations and intensityFrom a quarter of an hour to “until Judgment Day” — and why no figure is a fact.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them