MED-57Private revelationAccount·Margaret of Cortona·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
Margaret of Cortona's death: the souls she freed form a guard of honour (seen by a servant of God at Castello)
How it happened
- Deathbed and judgement scenesA death or a judgement witnessed, one’s own included
What the soul wanted
- Helps or protects the livingRescue, guidance, a job found, a deathbed defended
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. 288–290 |
| GemmingerAll Souls' Forget-Me-Not — Fr Louis Gemminger, English ed. 1889/1898 | p. 213 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Three States of the Church and the Communion of Saints
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory know we pray for them?
- Question: Can the souls in Purgatory pray for us?
- Question: Can my refusal to forgive keep a soul in Purgatory?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme E: What the souls know, and do, for the livingWho prays for them, whether they pray for us, warnings, help and gratitude.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
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