MOD-01Private revelationAccount·Foligno·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them

Foligno, 16–18 Nov 1859: Sr Teresa Gesta; moans, voice, smoke; a hand burned into the sacristy door as with a red-hot iron; tomb opened and the print matched; a globe of light; parting counsel; freed on a Friday

How it happened

Apparitions — As light, mist or shadowThe soul is seen
Voices and soundsHeard, not seen: a voice, moans, sighs, knocking
Touch and physical tracesHeat, touch, a weight; burns and prints left on objects

Asks for prayer or other helpRosary, Stations, Office, Communion, fasting, obedience, pilgrimage, indulgences
Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
Warns, foretells or disclosesA danger, a death, a hidden sin
Gives a sign or proofA burn, a name, a fact the witness could not know

A lasting physical traceA burn or print that remained
Information that could be checkedA name, a date, a hidden object, a fulfilled prediction
A contemporary inquiry or documentA canonical inquiry, a signed letter, an official report

Book	Pages
SchouppePurgatory Illustrated by the Lives and Legends of the Saints — Fr F. X. Schouppe SJ, 1893	pp. 81–83
Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg	pp. 98–99

Theme D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
Theme E: What the souls know, and do, for the livingWho prays for them, whether they pray for us, warnings, help and gratitude.
Theme H: Days and hoursAll Souls, Christmas, Easter, Our Lady's feasts, Saturdays, the moment of the Mass.
Theme J: Discernment — soul, demon, or imaginationHow witnesses and clergy tested apparitions, and what the Church leaves free.

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