Christina Mirabilis Research Paper

This is what Christina Mirabilis said to her spiritual friends and family after she returned from her first death. Remarkably, Christina would endure another two deaths in her lifetime before passing on to the afterlife permanently. However, after crossing the border between life and death the first time, Christina transforms into a being who has the power to defy the laws of nature. Not only was Christina able to overcome the limitations of being a female in a medieval culture through Christianity, but she was able to transcend the limitations of being mortal, up until her third and final death. Her post-resurrection life was one of purpose, and through her mirabilis abilities, she could save those being tormented in purgatory, while simultaneously
warning the living of the punishments which awaited those who surrendered to sin. Hagiographer Thomas Cantimpré constructs these extraordinary events in such a way that Christina is viewed as a woman who is blessed with an ability uncharacteristic of mystics