Luigia (full name Luigina) Sinapi (1916-1978) was officially declared Venerable by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on 27 January 2025. The decree from the Dicastery states, "Her existential journey was accompanied by many supernatural gifts such as precognition of events and situations, bilocation, discernment of the spirit, and especially mystical union with the Lord Jesus, all lived in an atmosphere of modesty, humility, and service." What makes this news particularly groundbreaking for the case of Maria Valtorta is Luigia's revelation of shocking corruption within the Holy Office. Certain individuals within the institution sought to undermine Pope Pius XII's support for Valtorta's writings through subterfuge, deceit, and intimidation—ultimately culminating in a physical assault and an attempted rape against Luigia herself.
Following divine guidance, Luigia confronted the Holy Office for obstructing the publication of Valtorta's work, despite Pope Pius XII's approval and wish for its release. She met with the Pope on several occasions to discuss Valtorta's writings, courageously intervening to inform him of the ongoing obstruction and highlighting the harm it was causing to both the Church and the salvation of souls. Luigia's unwavering persistence, combined with her close spiritual relationship with the Holy Father, made her efforts crucial in exposing the internal conflicts that, tragically, after Pius XII's death, led to the tarnishing of the work's reputation and the indefinite delay of its formal Vatican endorsement. These writings, as Our Lord had foretold, held the power to save countless souls and better prepare the Church for the dark and challenging times that would soon engulf both the Church and the world.
Below is the Maria Valtorta Readers' Group English translation of the French article, Luigina Sinapi et Maria Valtorta, reproduced here with permission from the original authors. The article not only includes excerpts from Luigia's biography, but also features two personal letters written by Maria Valtorta to her trusted confidante, Mother Teresa Maria, a Carmelite nun. These letters provide an in-depth look at Luigia's extraordinary yet steadfast efforts. This article is highly recommended for those seeking a deeper understanding of her pivotal role in this significant chapter of Church history, as well as a startling revelation that pulls back the curtain on the initial intense opposition to Valtorta's work—many details of which have remained hidden from the English-speaking world until now.
Luigina Sinapi and Maria Valtorta
Luigina (or Luigia) Sinapi (1916-1978), whom Maria Valtorta refers to as Luciana in her Letters to Mother Teresa Maria, was a seer who was close to Pope Pius XII, who frequently consulted her. In fact, she had conveyed a message to him given by the Virgin Mary about his future election when he was still a cardinal. She had likewise informed him, ten years in advance, of the prediction of Mary's appearance at the Tre Fontane (Rome, 1947).
At the beginning of 1950, the Jubilee year during which the dogma of the Assumption was proclaimed, Luigina came, by divine command, to directly address the Holy Office regarding the blockage it was imposing on the work of Maria Valtorta and reported the matter to the Holy Father, who believed that, in accordance with his various directives, the publication was already underway.
Confrontation with the Holy Office
The context
The confrontation took place at the end of January 1950, but Maria Valtorta did not learn of it until the beginning of April.[1] At that time, the writings of Maria Valtorta were already known in the Vatican. After the favourable reception in 1948 following the papal audience, the opposition by the Holy Office had manifested itself in 1949, and the parties involved had reached a stalemate, which by no means marked the end of the matter.After Pius XII had encouraged the publication of the work (in February 1948), he passed on the request to a printer and a publisher, warning them not to run into "certain prelates" (November 1948). This was done. In addition, the Holy Father's entourage asked Maria Valtorta to help locate the tomb of St. Peter, which was being searched for at the time. Archbishop Carinci and Father Bea, a future cardinal, both familiar with the Pope, were active with Father Berti to defend the work.
For its part, the Holy Office expressed its opposition to the publication as early as the end of 1948, mostly under the cover of anonymity. On 22 February 1949, the day before Ash Wednesday, Father Berti was summoned and ordered to hand over all the originals that he had in his possession. They were to remain at the Holy Office "as if in a tomb."
This was followed by some behind-the-scenes tensions between the two protagonists: on one side, the entourage of Pius XII, and on the other, the Holy Office. It was at this moment that Luigina intervened.
Maria Valtorta specifies: « Our Lord Jesus Christ gave her the order to go to the Holy Office to reproach these ... gentlemen for the harm they have done to souls by refusing to print the work; and the harm they have done to the Holy Father, whom everyone blames for being responsible for the blockage, even though he was the one who approved the work and wanted it published according to his directives.[1] »
There was never any communication between the two seers, but in 1950, their parallel paths would briefly cross, [as both sought the recognition of the work as coming from God].
Maria Valtorta, in her correspondence, refers to her as Luciana. However, two specialists of Maria Valtorta identify this name as referring to Luigina Sinapi, now Venerable.[2] Indeed, there is no known person named Luciana who matches this profile from that time.
In his reference work,[3] Emilio Biagini advanced a hypothesis to consider. Gabriele Cajano, who promotes her case on social networks, confirmed it.[4] In [Biagini's] opinion, Luciana would be a pseudonym used to maintain discretion in this case. This was perfectly plausible[5] in the context that will be revealed.
Luigina Sinapi was known to the Holy Office and the Pontifical Chamber,[6] both of which could not bear her closeness to the Holy Father, nor what she told him on those occasions. When she came to the Holy Office to question the blocking of the writings of Maria Valtorta, the interview took a violent turn: she was subjected to both psychological and physical pressure, going as far as an explicit threat of rape.
The matter is therefore very serious, especially considering that the source informing Maria Valtorta is credible. It was first reported on 1 April 1950 by Camillo Corsanego, and then on 2 April by Lorenzo Ferri. Both were familiar with the corridors of the Vatican. Camillo Corsanego was the Dean of the Consistorial Counsellors.[7] He was the only lay member to attend the inaugural sessions of the Second Vatican Council, which underscores his prominent position. Furthermore, he was one of the founding members of the Italian Christian Democracy. Lorenzo Ferri, meanwhile, participated in the competition held at that time to design the Holy Doors.
The approach to the Holy Office that threatens it
Here is what Maria Valtorta wrote in a letter, taking precautions to point out that "this is all confidential information, confirmed by certain individuals" because what she revealed to us was a violent reality:
« My Mother [Teresa Maria],
[..] Listen. And know that this is all confidential information, confirmed by individuals such as the Honorable Corsanego who came to see me on Saturday, 1 April, and by Professor Ferri who came on 2 April. He is a professor-sculptor-painter, winner of the sketches for the Doors of St. Peter in Rome. He came to me because he will be the illustrator of the work[8] (he is giving his work freely to honor Jesus and Mary), and also because he has been working to make sculpted figures of Christ for 22 years; but, after reading the book (he is a true Catholic), he realized that he had made images and sculptures of Christs that were not similar [to the descriptions depicted].
[..] Know that in Rome, there lives a soul guided on extraordinary paths,[9] a woman not yet thirty-years-old who is often called on by the Holy Father in order to obtain supernatural enlightenment.[10]
Naturally, the Holy Office and the Papal Antichamber, as well as many prelates of the Roman Curia, hate her because she reveals to the Holy Father the underbelly of so many prelates, far from edifying ... But they can't stop her from going to the pontiff because she has the power to paralyse [people],[11] which enables her, if she wants, to pass through without any obstacles holding her back.[1] »
Maria's letter continues:
« At the beginning of her mission, she was slandered, called "hysterical," "possessed," and so on. They perfomed exorcisms on her, they tried to lock her up, first in a mental hospital, then in a convent. But in the end, they had to give up and leave her to it.
Towards the end of January, Our Lord Jesus Christ gave her the order to go to the Holy Office to reproach these ... gentlemen for the harm they have done to souls by refusing to print the work; for the harm they have done to the Holy Father whom everyone blames for being the person responsible for the blockage when he is the one who approved the work and wanted it published according to his directives;[1] for the harm they have have done to me, treated with deception; and finally, for the harm done to a religious Order that would have derived prestige and benefit from the work for its missions ravaged by war.
Imagine what happened!
They furiously attacked her saying: "...that she should not have interfered because they knew what they were doing, and if they prohibited printing it, then it was because this work was the heretical fruit of a possessed woman, etc." And when Luciana said: "I will now go and see His Holiness and reveal your actions to him," they intimidated her: "Watch out if you tell him about this! We forbid it." Luciana then replied: "God wants me to speak, and I will speak!"
Then they beat her,[12] then they exorcised her until she lashed out with: "You must exorcise yourselves, for the devil is in you, not in me."
So ... they tried to rape her[13] (do you understand?) saying: "We will give you visions! When your uterus is tired and satisfied, you will see that it will all be over!" After that, they didn't take it well that God dictates that: "My Church is no longer holy, and it is for this reason that Communism and the punishment of God has come!"
But thanks to her power, Luciana paralyzed the one who was about to take away her purity (Luciana was not married) and the paralysis did not cease until eight days later when he publicly confessed that he had tried to do violence to her.[1]
Meanwhile, Luciana went to see the Holy Father and told him everything, and first of all, that God had told her that the work (of Maria Valtorta) came from God.
The Holy Father was amazed because he had given other directives. He said: "I will call someone and question him. What is certain is that I do not have helpers, but Judases."
Luciana came back a few days later bringing a statement in which it is said that "Monsignor Carinci, Honorable Corsanego, Honorable Tredici, Monsignor Lattanzi, Father Roschini, etc., read and judged it, etc., so it was requested that His Holiness intervene, etc." The Holy Father put it in his pocket breviary, assuring that he had always been very favorable to the publication (of the work) and that he wanted it. Luciana wanted this to be written as a statement to show it to those in the Holy Office. But His Holiness replied: "No. I don't want to act out of intimidation. I'll call them to make them reflect on it, and if they oppose, I will take matters into my own hands." In fact, he called Monsignor Ottaviani, Counselor of the Holy Office, but he remained stubborn.
Then His Holiness began to examine the question personally, by ruling out all the Congregations because he had indeed found, in each of them, those who were indifferent or devious, and those who did not advise him on the truth about things, even when they had the opportunity to meet him privately every week.
Luciana went to see the Holy Father again to repeat to him the direct communication of Jesus that the work well and truly comes from God and He wants it published.[1] »
« I don't know if you have learned that on Holy Thursday night, Father Mariano Cordovani, Master of the Holy Palaces, theologian of the Secretariat of State, a minor head of the Holy Office, and principal opponent of the work, died unexpectedly from a sudden paralysis, without even having had time to say, "My Jesus!" »
Shortly after, Maria Valtorta saw the face of Father Cordovani emerge from the flames of Purgatory. He looked at her in an imploring way, without being able to speak. It's Jesus who comments: "Do you see him? Do you recognize him? He is there. He will be here for a long, long, long time for only one reason, having fought against Me, you, and the work, acting against Wisdom, Love, and Justice. Mark what you see, briefly, and what I say, with the greatest accuracy. Because it is the truth, for the one you have seen and for many of those who have acted or will act like him."[15] That is why his death was interpreted as a sign.As seen in these episodes, Pope Pius XII was neither respected nor obeyed by certain members of the Holy Office, who eventually came to believe they were entitled to censure this 74-year-old pope. This lack of respect would resurface two years later when Monsignor Giovanni Pepe, responsible for the censorship of books placed on the Index, in 1952, censored books about Padre Pio without consulting the Holy Father, who would dismiss him.
The work goes through tribulations
The Holy Father continued to see Luciana, who informed him of the counteroffensive which was being organised in the Vatican in favour of the work given to Maria Valtorta. She spoke about it in another letter:[14]
« My Mother [Teresa Maria],
I. Luciana, the person I told you about, came back to His Holiness on March 29 (1950). His Holiness reconfirmed that he was personally handling the matter. In fact, the memorandum that Luciana had brought him some time earlier, which outlined the petition and the intention of Honorable Corsanego and Tredici and Monsignor Lattanzi, and which His Holiness had placed in his breviary, had been passed from His Holiness to Cardinal Nicola Canali, one of the cardinals of the Holy Office and the Cardinal Protector of the Order of the Servants of Mary.
II. He then told Luciana that the honorable Corsanego and Tredici, Monsignor Lattanzi, and Father Roschini, the chief theologian of the Order of the Servants of Mary, and book reviewer at the Holy Office, as well as a member of the Congregation of Rites (thus alongside His Excellency Monsignor Carinci), were once again requesting the scheduling of a special audience.
III. Father Roschini, before doing so, had spoken with Luciana and had been convinced that everything was true. So much so that he wrote to me with these words: "It seems that the resurrection of the work is now near."
IV - Professor Ferri, the one who sculpted two heads of Jesus in my room on Palm Sunday, also spoke with Luciana. He showed her several heads, among which were those two, and Luciana said with confidence: "This one and that one are Him [Jesus], the others are not." More evidence in my favor.
V. On the evening of the 17th, Fathers Migliorini and Berti went to the Honourable Corsanego to tell him to renew the request for a hearing with the head of the Antichamber, Monsignor Callori di Vignale.[16] Now we will see if he repeats the pretence of saying "yes" and then saying "not granted by order of His Holiness." In this case, Luciana will return to the Holy Pontiff and report it. But I believe that after the punishments from God, such a desire will pass!
[..] VI. Luciana's spiritual director also wrote to me saying: "Do not worry that the work will be printed, for Jesus has made it clear, even through Luciana. We are waiting for the opportune moment, which will certainly come. We await it with great faith and strengthen the effect through our suffering and prayers." »
The opportune time for the publication, however, came with much apprehension and caution in 1956. Nothing happened, neither in 1957 for the second volume, nor in 1958 for the third volume, the year of the death of Pope Pius XII. Everything changed in December 1959: with the death of the pope who had protected the work, the Holy Office took its revenge by placing it on the Index. It lasted six years, until its [the Index's] abolition. As for the readership, its enthusiasm barely weakened before starting again more vigorously, for it is in the nature of the sheep to listen to the voice of the Good Shepherd (John 10:27), and no one can separate them from it.
Some aspects of Luigina Sinapi's life
On 22 May 2009, at the end of a 5-year investigation, the Vicariate of Rome (Diocesan Chancery of Rome, diocese of the pope) handed its "Positio" (= the final report) to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to initiate her cause for beatification. On 27 January 2025, the Dicastery for the Cause of Saints declared her "Venerable."Relationship with St. Padre Pio
Luigina (Luigia) Sinapi was born in Itri between Rome and Naples on 8 September 1916, feast of the Nativity of Mary. When she was very young, she was accustomed to playing games with the Child-Jesus and the angels whom she would call for assistance for people in difficulty. Intrigued by these gifts, her mother led her to Padre Pio in the mid-1920s who blessed Luigina and declared that God was manifest in her. To those who would be surprised that Heaven could manifest itself so early in life, Jesus answered by referring to the childhood of the Virgin Mary, to examples of young saints like Imelda Lambertini, Rose of Viterbo, Nellie Organ, or Nennolina (cf, The Gospel As Revealed to Me, Vol. 1, Ch.7.7). From this meeting, Luigina maintained a close relationship with Padre Pio, receiving his guidance and spiritual support throughout her life. She visited him several times in San Giovanni Rotondo. It can therefore be assumed that the saint was informed of the quarrels with the Holy Office, especially since he manifested himself several times to Maria Valtorta, including his recommendation of the writings.Interactions with Blessed Timoteo Giaccardo
Luigina's adolescence does not contradict this life in close proximity to God and the Virgin Mary. In November 1931, her mother passed away. It is then that Luigina's "Via Crucis"[17] began. The following year, at the age of 16, Luigina entered the young congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul, whose mission was evangelization through the media. Its spiritual director was the Vicar General of the order, Father Timoteo Giaccardo (beatified in 1989). However, she could not remain in the congregation due to her delicate health.[18] On Christmas Eve of 1932, Don Giaccardo asked her, "For the sake of Jesus, do you want to offer yourself as a victim for the salvation of souls?" Luigina answered yes. Father Giaccardo then concludes, "Go, my child, your vocation is elsewhere."
Luigina and Maria Valtorta both had the illumination of their vocation as victim souls at almost the same age (just over 15 years old).[19] They were both Third Order Franciscans.[20] They both took their spiritual point of reference from St. Francis of Assisi and St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
Shortly after her offering, Luigina experienced excruciating pain in her pelvis.[2] It was a tumor. She remained bedridden in her home in Itri for two years, praying, offering herself, and continuing to care for her brothers after the death of her mother, as she was the eldest. On 15 August 1935, the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, the priest administered the Sacrament of Extreme Unction. At that moment, Luigina saw Jesus and Mary, who asked her: "Do you want to come immediately with us to Heaven, or stay on earth and offer yourself again as a victim for the Church and for the priests?" In an instant, Luigina saw the consequences of the apostasy and the defections that would occur in the years to come. She accepted the second offer, offering herself as a victim to God. Jesus then said to her:
"Like an ordinary person, you will live out of the world's sight. You will be little understood, you will suffer greatly, and you will die alone, just like me.[21] You will be, as your name indicates,[22] the mustard seed in a furrow of Rome. You will experience the extraordinary in the ordinary. I will entrust you to My Mother: she will guide you and comfort you. Do not be afraid."
She indeed led a very ordinary life, and experienced the extraordinary, which was illuminated by the many messages she received from the Virgin Mary:
"I want you to be my lamp in the night to dispel the great darkness that the devil sows in these times, especially against the Church; be a light for the bitterness of the Pope, for the deviations of consecrated persons, for the threats against youth through the press, entertainment, secret sects, and festivals designed to remove the purity of Christians."[23]
This warning about the time of trial and purification of the Church is a constant theme of the 20th century: In a vision of 1884, Leo XIII saw the 20th century as being granted to Satan to test the world and attempt to destroy the Church.[24] This is not unlike the message from Heaven, dated 23 December 1948,[25] which Maria Valtorta handed to the Holy Father, warning him in particular that Hell was advancing and urging him not to falter in defending the work given to Maria Valtorta. It also recalls the later declaration by Pope Paul VI on 29 June 1972 about "the smoke of Satan" rising from the midst of the people of God.
Relationship with the Venerable Pius XII
"Exactly ten years from now, I will return to this place. I will use a man who today persecutes the Church and wants to kill the Pope... Now go to St. Peter's Square, you will find a lady dressed like this... and you will ask her to take you to her brother, who is a Cardinal. You will bring him my message. From this place, I will establish the throne of my glory in Rome... You will also tell the Cardinal that he will be the future Pope."
She then went to St. Peter's Square, where she noticed the person described. It was Elisabetta, one of the two sisters of Cardinal Pacelli,[26] the future Pius XII, who was then a close collaborator of Pope Pius XI and headed his Secretariat, the most important Dicastery in the Vatican. In 1937, he had written, in collaboration with the Archbishop of Munich, the encyclical Mit Brennender Sorge (With Burning Concern), which condemned Nazism.The meeting took place, and the prophecies were fulfilled: first, the election of Pius XII two years later, in March 1939, followed by the apparitions at Tre Fontane in April 1947, almost exactly ten years later, to Bruno Cornacchiola, who converted and went to tell the Pope that he had previously wanted to assassinate him. But Pius XII had already confided in Father Ricardo Lombardi, a Jesuit, that he already knew everything.
Maria Valtorta refers to this apparition in her Notebooks 1945-50, in entries from 28 and 31 December 1947. These entries are interesting to reread, as they describe the machismo that prevailed among some prelates at the time, which led to seers being labeled as "hysterics" while giving immediate credibility to male visionaries. This confirms and sheds light on the violent reactions that were directed at Luigina.
These notes are also interesting to reread for this prophecy (p. 466): "Science will deny God."[3] This is what has happened, but we know that it is the science of [Valtorta's] work that today comes to the aid of the eternal Gospel.
Once he became Pope, Pius XII continued to meet regularly with Luigina, either by telephone or in audience. She recounts that one day, covered in bruises from blows inflicted by Satan, he gave her a relic of the Cross, telling her to always wear it as protection against these attacks. She would need it, and it would prove effective, as evidenced by the events reported by Maria Valtorta according to the statements of Honourable Corsanego and Ferri.
During that time, the Holy Year of 1950 arrived, and Luigina, speaking on behalf of Heaven, affirmed the promulgation of the Dogma of the Assumption, regarding which Pius XII had been questioning its appropriateness. Maria Valtorta had also received such a message from Heaven in 1947,[27] the year of the apparitions at Tre Fontane, and this heavenly wish ended with this enigmatic message: "If what I say is heard through the means of the work, you will communicate these other words to whom you know."
Relationship with the Venerable Enrico Medi
From 1956 to 1970, she worked at the National Institute of Geophysics as secretary to the Venerable Enrico Medi, an Italian physicist and politician (1911-1974). This scientist, author of many works, was deputy of the Italian Christian Democracy and vice-president of Euratom, the European Atomic Energy Community, founded in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome.Notes and References
External Resources
• La vita di Luigina Sinapi (The Life of Luigina Sinapi) (in Italian) on the Tre Fontane website• Dedicated article (in Italian) on mariadinazareth.it
• Presentation (in italian) on the Servites of Mary website
• Monograph (in italian) on Santi and Beati (Saints and Blesseds)
Explanatory Notes and References
1. ↑ [Endnotes 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3] Letters to Mother Teresa Maria, Volume 2, April 1950 (specific date not given) pp. 279-82.2. ↑ [Endnotes 2.0 and 2.1] Decree of 27 January 2025 under the name Luigia instead of Luigina. The decree states: "She had a strong spiritual connection with Saint Pio of Pietrelcina and had the trust of God's venerable servant Pius XII" (Ebbe un forte legame spirituale con San Pio da Pietrelcina e godette la fiducia del Venerabile Servo di Dio Pio XII).
3. ↑ [Endnotes 3.0 and 3.1] Emilio Biagini, Maria Valtorta. The Testimone della vita di Cristo (The testimony of the Life of Christ), CEV 2019, page 98, note 19.
4. ↑ By private correspondence, in response to a question we asked him.
5. ↑ Luigina herself used pseudonyms, as she wished to remain discreet and self-effacing. For example, in 1951, she published the "Via Crucis dell'Amabilità" under the pseudonym "Monialis." Then, in 1954, she registered under the pseudonym "Suor Eugenia" (in reference to Pope Eugenio Pacelli) when she joined as a tertiary of the Servants of Mary, a characteristic she shared with Maria Valtorta, who, like her, had previously been a tertiary of St. Francis (La Serva di Dio Luigina Sinapi (in Italian), Rosalia Azzaro Pulvirenti, pp. 12 and 27).
6. ↑ Anticamera pontificia (Papal Antichamber) can be defined as the administration responsible for managing the activities of the Holy Father.
7. ↑ A body of lawyers empowered to plead in Vatican courts for all kinds of cases, including beatification cases.
8. ↑ These refer to the visions of the life of Jesus, later published under the title The Gospel As Revealed To Me.
9. ↑ The Dicastery for the cause of the saints states in its decree that "Her existential journey was accompanied by many supernatural gifts such as precognition of events and situations, bilocation, discernment of the spirit and especially mystical union with the Lord Jesus, lived in an atmosphere of modesty, humility and service."
10. ↑ The Dicastery for the Cause of Saints, in its decree, confirms that she "enjoyed the trust of the Venerable Servant of God Pius XII (godette la fiducia del Venerabile Servo di Dio Pio XII)," with whom she was "close (fu vicina al Venerabile Servo di Dio Pio XII)."
11. ↑ The Dicastery, in its decree, mentions "the supernatural manifestations that marked her life (manifestazioni soprannaturali che costellarono la sua vita)."
12. ↑ "La picchiarono" in the original text. Picchiare involves physical violence = mishandling, beating, hitting, etc.
13. ↑ Literally: allora tentarono farle carnival violenza (then they tried to rape her).
14. ↑ [Endnotes 14.0 and 14.1] Letters to Mother Teresa Maria Volume 2, undated letter, pp. 285-6.
15. ↑ The Little Notebooks, 6 June 1950, p. 205.
16. ↑ Bishop Federico Callori di Vignale (1890-1971). He later became the private secretary of John XXIII and was appointed cardinal by Paul VI.
17. ↑ Via Crucis, or the Way of the Cross, here refers to the mystical journey that, in imitation of Christ and following His example, spiritually and physically unites the soul with the sacrifice of the Cross.
18. ↑ This is one of the many points in common with Maria Valtorta, who also wished, in 1927 at the age of 30, to join the Company of St. Paul, but had to give up due to her health (Autobiography, pp. 317-320).
19. ↑ Autobiography, p. 148.
20. ↑ As stated on the website of the foundation that inherited Maria Valtorta's legacy, she was first a Third Order Franciscan before becoming a Third Order member of the Servants of Mary. From a very young age, she had a particular affection for St. Francis of Assisi (Autobiography, p. 253), but she did not become a Third Order Franciscan until November 6, 1929 (postulant) and on November 23, 1930 (taking of the vows), as she recalls in her mystical calendar."
21. ↑ Indeed, she died alone on 17 April, 1978. According to her doctor, Dr. Marco Grassi, her final days were marked by great suffering, which she endured with patience, saying only: "I am waiting!" She was found dead, her face turned towards the tabernacle of the chapel she had set up in her apartment in Rome, at 51 Via Urbino. Her funeral took place at the Basilica of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem (Santa Croce in Gerusalemme), the very place where relics of the Passion are kept (La Serva di Dio Luigina Sinapi (in Italian), Rosalia Azzaro Pulvirenti, p. 42).
22. ↑ Yes, "mustard" in Italian is "senape," and the plural form is "senapi."
23. ↑ Santi beati (in Italian), Servant of God Luigina Sinapi Seer, With Pius XII and Padre Pio.
24. ↑ On 13 October 1884, Pope Leo XIII witnessed a dialogue between God and Satan. The devil boasted that he could destroy the Church if granted additional time and power. God allowed him this for a period of one hundred years.
25. ↑ The Little Notebooks, 23 December 1948, pp. 170-1.
26. ↑ The siblings included Giuseppina, Francesco, (Eugenio), and Elisabetta, the youngest. The family came from the pontifical nobility. Eugenio was the only one to have a religious vocation.
27. ↑ The Notebooks 1945-1950, dictated on 23 October 1947, pp. 428-9.
