Over the years, scientists have tried to decipher the message left by Sister Maria Crocifissa della Concesione. Finally, after 340 years, scientists from Sicily succeeded. What they read amazed everyone.
It is known that the letter was written on August 11, 1676 by a girl whose name "in the world" was Isabella Tommasi. After she was tonsured, she took the name Maria Crochifissa della Concesione - literally "crucified Mary". Mary was only 15 years old when she took her vows. The girl lived in a Benedictine monastery in the commune of Palma di Montechiaro in Sicily.
According to one of the legends, one day Maria woke up in the morning and found that her hands and face were stained with ink. Nearby, she found a mysterious letter, written in an incomprehensible language - more precisely, in cipher. Maria went to her sisters, convinced that the letter was written by her by "the enemy of the human race."
What was written there - she did not know. The cipher consisted of letters from the Greek and Latin alphabets, as well as Cyrillic and even runic elements.
14 mysterious lines were kept in the monastery of Palma di Montechiaro, and a copy was taken to the archives of the Cathedral of Agrigento.
For three centuries, scholars have tried in vain to decipher the mysterious letters left by the possessed nun. Until last week, scientists at the Ludum Science Center in Catania figured out to use all the resources - including the darknet - Network over Another Internet. It is about the "dark Internet" that there are rumors that drugs are sold there and that pornography can be downloaded without hindrance. But there were also more useful resources. In particular, scientists stumbled upon decoding software.
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“We have heard about software that is allegedly used by intelligence to decode,” said the head of the center, Daniel Abete (Daniele Abete). - We have loaded Ancient Greek, Arabic and Runic alphabets and Latin into the software. And this is really something devilish. The letter turned out to be very incoherent and not always consistent.
“God thinks he can free mortals,” Sister Mary wrote. And she added, "It doesn't work." The nun called God, Jesus and the holy spirit "useless, unnecessary burden."
She also writes: "Perhaps the Styx exists," referring to the river from ancient Greek mythology, which flowed in the kingdom of the dead Aide.
As can be seen from the above, Maria was a very educated girl and, moreover, a talented linguist. Researchers speculate that she suffered from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Another thing is curious: legends say that there were two more letters written in a similar manner. Unfortunately, they have not survived to this day. Or?..
Anastasia Maksimova
