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# In the cramped corridor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, exhibits testifying to the apparitions of souls in Purgatory are hung right on the walls
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-tesnom-koridore-tserkvi-sviatogo-serdtsa-eksponaty-svidetelstvuiushchie-o-iavlenii-dush-prebyvaiushchikh-v-chistilishche-razveshany-priam-na-stenakh/
- Published: 2019-10-16T11:32:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:43:29.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Museums, Observations, Rome

In the cramped corridor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, exhibits testifying to the apparitions of souls in Purgatory are hung right on the walls. These are pages from the prayer books of nuns, bearing the fiery fingerprints of their sisters who appeared to those at prayer after death; there is a wooden tablet with the fiery imprint of a rebellious soul, as well as a nightcap and the sleeve of a nightdress with a distinct scorched mark left by fingers. All the exhibits date from the 19th century, that is, from the lifetime of the museum's founder, and show precisely fiery marks in the form of fingers, a palm or a crucifix. Some of the artefacts have been replaced by photocopies. If this is a hoax, it is a rather talented and intricate one, and if these really are traces of a paranormal presence, then I was not frightened for nothing. The display is fairly simple, even a touch naive, especially considering that the idea of Purgatory took shape only in the 13th century. In any case, what could be more intriguing than a Museum of the Souls of the Departed Who Have Found No Rest?

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