MED-53Private revelationAccount·Margaret of Cortona·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
Two murdered merchants to Bl Margaret of Cortona: saved by perfect contrition; no rest until their injustices are repaired
How it happened
- Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
What the soul wanted
- Asks for reparationRestitution, a will or vow fulfilled, pardon, a practice corrected
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. 154–155 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- 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"?
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.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
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