Museo delle anime del Purgatorio, Religious museum in Lungotevere Prati, Rome, Italy.
The Museo delle anime del Purgatorio is a small museum next to the sacristy of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage in Rome. The room holds a collection of objects with marks and traces that visitors regard as potential signs of supernatural events.
The museum was founded by French missionary Victor Jouët in 1917, who championed this collection. The initiative emerged from interest in mysterious phenomena that had been observed at the affiliated church.
The collection displays objects that visitors interpret as signs of communication with the deceased, such as handprints on prayer books and burned cloth. These items reflect the faith of pilgrims who come seeking spiritual connection with those who have passed.
The museum is located in a small room best reached during the visiting hours of the church. Visitors should know that it functions as a very private and quiet collection without elaborate facilities or signage.
The museum preserves around sixteen documented cases where objects such as fabrics and wood pieces bear markings that visitors interpret as supernatural signs. This unusual collection shows how personal beliefs and spiritual experiences can be preserved in physical form.
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