MED-78Private revelationAccount·St Lidwina·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
St Lidwina, guided by her angel: the part of Purgatory bordering Hell; a sinner's "special Purgatory" in a well, his angel sitting on the rim
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. 57–59 |
| PetriskoInside Purgatory — Thomas W. Petrisko, 2000 | pp. 6–7 |
| SalzaThe Biblical Basis for Purgatory — John Salza, 2008 | pp. 24–25 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Essay: The Fire No Bridle Holds
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Chapter: Levels and Degrees
- Question: Are there levels or regions in Purgatory?
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory suffer?
- Chapter: Mary, Mother and Queen of the Holy Souls
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Question: Is there joy in Purgatory?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme B: Levels and degreesRegions, stages and degrees of Purgatory — and why no two witnesses layer it alike.
- Theme I: ConsolationsJoy and pain together; Our Lady, the angels and St Michael among the souls.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
More from St Lidwina
- MED-79St Lidwina: a soul pierced with iron pins is moved, at her request, to the ordinary prison
- MED-80St Lidwina: a converted libertine still deep in Purgatory after twelve years; she suffers until he rises white
- MED-P3St Lidwina: Lidwina rebukes a priest content to spend "as many years as grains of seed" in Purgatory