MED-70Private revelationAccount·Stephana Quinziani·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
Sr Paula's corpse seizes Bl Stephana Quinziani's hand at the bier; a wordless voice speaks within her
How it happened
- Touch and physical tracesHeat, touch, a weight; burns and prints left on objects
- Locutions and revealed knowledgeChrist, Mary, an angel or a soul speaks within; the seer “knows”
What the soul wanted
- Asks for prayer or other helpRosary, Stations, Office, Communion, fasting, obedience, pilgrimage, indulgences
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 | p. 91 |
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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