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It seemed like an ordinary November day in Northern France. Crisply cold, but not quite freezing. Young Nicola went to the cemetery to pray at the grave of her dead grandfather. He had passed two years ago. This was the year 1549, and Nicola had been raised to pray a lot for deceased loved ones. She knelt in the frigid earth and prayed for his swift passage through Purgatory. Suddenly, a man appeared in front of her. A white shroud covered his face. "I am your grandfather", the apparition sorrowfully intoned, which caused Nicola to flee.
But the next time the spirit came, Nicola's tolerance for terror had increased, and again he said he was her grandfather, that he suffered much in expiation for his sins, and that during life he had vowed to make certain pilgrimages, but had neglected his promise. He told her of 3 pilgrimages to holy places in her native France and also said he'd sworn to go to St James of Compostella. He requested that Nicola ask her husband and her uncles to go in his stead.
Nicola confided her strange story to her family and entreated her husband and relatives to do the pilgrimages to places in France - she appeared desperate and agitated - and they agreed in a bid to restore her peace. But she did not tell them anything about that which the apparition said about the pilgrimage to St James of Compostella. She and her family were based in Vervins, at the very top of France, almost as north as you can go and had they wanted to go to North-Eastern Spain, they would have had to travel the whole length of France and cross over a treacherous border and travel by horse-drawn carriage or by a buggy drawn by a mule all in the dead of winter.
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But the next time the spirit came, Nicola's tolerance for terror had increased, and again he said he was her grandfather, that he suffered much in expiation for his sins, and that during life he had vowed to make certain pilgrimages, but had neglected his promise. He told her of 3 pilgrimages to holy places in her native France and also said he'd sworn to go to St James of Compostella. He requested that Nicola ask her husband and her uncles to go in his stead.
Nicola confided her strange story to her family and entreated her husband and relatives to do the pilgrimages to places in France - she appeared desperate and agitated - and they agreed in a bid to restore her peace. But she did not tell them anything about that which the apparition said about the pilgrimage to St James of Compostella. She and her family were based in Vervins, at the very top of France, almost as north as you can go and had they wanted to go to North-Eastern Spain, they would have had to travel the whole length of France and cross over a treacherous border and travel by horse-drawn carriage or by a buggy drawn by a mule all in the dead of winter.
Continued below.
WHEN THE PRINCE OF DEVILS POSSESSED A YOUNG WOMAN BY PRETENDING TO BE HER DEAD GRANDFATHER
It seemed like an ordinary November day in Northern France. Crisply cold, but not quite freezing. Young Nicola went to the cemetery to pray ...
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