Remains of Teresa Parlar, alleged mystic committed for hysteria, reinterred in Birgu church
Remains of Lay Dominican who claimed mystical raptures and visions but never believed by the Church, reinterred from cemetery to parish church
15 February 2021, 8:47am
by MaltaToday Staff
The Dominican Church of the Annunciation of Vittoriosa has reinterred the remains of Francesca Teresa Parlar, a Tertiary Dominican, from her grave in the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Addolorata Cemetery, to the church.
Parlar was born in Valletta on 24 November 1842, and enrolled as a nun in 1882 amid numerous mystical raptures and visions.
However, the Church has never officially confirmed the veracity of her alleged properties.