THE LAYMAN'S LANTERN

MED-59Private revelationAccount·John of Alvernia·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them

Bl John of Alvernia, at his All Souls' Mass (Petrisko: All Saints'), sees souls leave Purgatory like sparks

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. 210–211
TassoneDay by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory — Susan Tassone, 2014	p. 89
PetriskoInside Purgatory — Thomas W. Petrisko, 2000	pp. 55–57

Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.

The Church’s teaching on this

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 H: Days and hoursAll Souls, Christmas, Easter, Our Lady's feasts, Saturdays, the moment of the Mass.

About the witness

Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them

Told differently elsewhere

One version: All Souls' Mass (Schouppe 210–211; Tassone 89)
Another: All Saints' Day, "Alverina" (Petrisko 55–57)
What differs: the feast, and so its place under H

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