Indoda endala evela ekufeni kwamuva ibonakala kuPadre Pio futhi ikhuluma naye ngePurigatori ...

Ngasekupheleni kwekwindla le-1917, udadewabo kaBaba uPhaololi, owayedlula esigodlweni sezindela sakwaCapuchin, u-Assunta di Tommaso, owayevakashele umfowabo futhi wayolala endlini yezivakashi ngaleso sikhathi eS. Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia).
Ngelinye ilanga kusihlwa, ngemuva kwesidlo sakusihlwa, uPadre Pio nobaba uPaoncho baya kobingelela udadewabo, owahlala eduze kwendawo yokulalela. Ngenkathi bebelapho, uBaba uPaolino wathi: P. Pio, ungahlala lapha ngomlilo, ngenkathi sisiya esontweni siyokhumbula imithandazo. - UPadre Pio, owayediniwe, wayehlala embhedeni ephethe umqhele ojwayelekile esandleni sakhe, lapho ebanjwa ubuthongo obumdlulisela ngokushesha, uvula amehlo futhi ubona ikhehla ligqoke ingubo encane ebelihleli eduze komlilo . UPadre Pio, lapho embona, uthi: Hawu! Ungubani? futhi wenzani? - Indoda endala iyaphendula: Ngikhona ..., ngifile ngishisiwe kule khosta (egumbini 4, njengoba uDon Teodoro Vincitore angitshele ...) futhi ngilapha ukukhokha isihlanzo sami ngaleli phutha lami ... - UPadre Pio wathembisa ukuthi usuku ngemuva kwalokho wayezomfaka isicelo seMass futhi angaphinde abonise lapho. Ngemuva kwalokho wamphelezela waya esihlahleni (i-elm esesekhona nanamuhla) lapho wamdubula khona.
Esikhathini esingaphezu kosuku uBaba uPaolino ambona esaba kancane, wambuza ukuthi kwenzekeni kuye ngalobo busuku. Waphendula ngokuthi uzizwa engathandeki. Ekugcineni ngolunye usuku wavuma konke. Ngemuva kwalokho uBaba uPhaololi waya kuMasipala (i-ofisi lamarejista) futhi empeleni wathola kumarekhodi ukuthi ekhishini washisa ngawo ngonyaka x ikhehla eligama linguDi Mauro Pietro (1831-1908). Konke kwakuhambelana nalokho uPadre Pio ayekushilo. Kusukela lapho umufi ubengasabonakali.
(P. Alessandro da Ripabottoni - P. Pio da Pietralcina - Isikhungo samasiko saseFrancisco, Foggia, 1974; iphe. 588-589).