Sleeping on a Purple Mattress

Many believed they were a troop of demons that came to honor him in his last moments. The church was relieved he was finally gone. But even after his death, the madness didn't end. Other priests claimed that their bodies had been taken over by demons. And many of the nuns continued convulsing and screaming like they were possessed. Many believe that this was one of the first well documented cases of demonic possession.