Catherine of Genoa’s teaching on Purgatory was recorded and transmitted by her disciples, and first appeared in print in 1551. The treatise reflects on the soul’s purification, its longing for God, and its conformity to His will.
This reading translation follows the supplied Italian transcription. This introductory note is editorial and is not part of Catherine’s text.
The Italian witness used here is the Monastero Virtuale transcription, whose historical print edition is not identified on that page. This is a reading translation, with a selected transcription correction; it is not a critical edition.
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This English translation from the Italian was drafted with AI assistance using SWE-2 Max and prepared as a reading edition for this library. Review has included source provenance, section structure, and selected source comparisons and corrections. It has not included a complete independent, sentence-by-sentence translation audit.
Catherine’s teaching was transmitted by her disciples and first printed in 1551. This translation follows the supplied Italian transcription; the introductory note is editorial.
This is a reading copy, not a critical edition. No professional translation certification or ecclesiastical approval is claimed for this modern edition.
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Remember Eternity · remembereternity.org. AI-assisted English translation drafted with SWE-2 Max from the Italian; selected source comparisons and corrections only. No complete independent translation audit or ecclesiastical approval is claimed. Catherine’s teaching was transmitted by her disciples and first printed in 1551. This translation follows the supplied Italian transcription; the introductory note is editorial. No general reuse licence is specified for this modern translation or its source transcription.