Vittorio Tredici and Maria Valtorta

Vittorio Tredici (1892-1967)

Born on July 31, 1892, and died on March 3, 1967, Vittorio Tredici was an Italian politician.

Originally from Iglesias (Sardinia), he was decorated for military merit during the First World War. In 1923, he joined the emerging National Fascist Party before distancing himself. From 1934, he was president of the Italian Metallurgical Mining Company (AMMI). During the roundup of the Rome Ghetto in October 1943, he hid a Jewish family in his home. For this reason, he was posthumously recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem on June 16, 1997.

In his statement of January 1952, he attests to the accuracy of the geological and mineralogical descriptions of Maria Valtorta, particularly in Transjordan, and asserts that their details could not come from existing documentation and that one must have been on site to achieve them.

His statement

Statement of Vittorio Tredici

President of the National Mining Association.

STATEMENT.

I have read some volumes of "The Word of Life" written by Miss Maria Valtorta.

From a theological training perspective, I must simply consider myself a layman; however, my immediate impression was that such a Work could not be the result of mere human will, even if endowed with truly superior Doctrine, culture, and skills.

I felt the undeniable imprint of the Divine Master, even though it presents itself to the reader’s eyes in such a realistic light that it cannot be derived from the simple reading of the Gospels.

But this Humanity—good, humble, and natural—always remains unquestionably the true Humanity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, just as in our meditations and Aspirations we have always seen him in all our sinner lives. And I have the impression that if the Work is capable of evoking the depths of our being, a multitude of thoughts, feelings, and good deeds, it is at the same time able to convincingly demonstrate, in a way I dare say definitive, that truth exists only and exclusively in the Gospel, because—even in the very elevated concepts—it makes it accessible in a clear and perfect manner to all minds.

What struck me deeply during the critical examination of the Work is the perfect knowledge the author had of Palestine and the places where the preaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ took place. A knowledge which, in some passages, surpasses normal geographical or panoramic knowledge to become even topographical and beyond: geological and mineralogical. In this regard, particularly for the region of Transjordan, there are, as far as I know, no sufficiently detailed publications to even allow a scientist who has not been on site to imagine and describe entire paths with such perfection as to leave those who had this possibility perplexed.

I traveled in Palestine and Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries on numerous trips. I focused particularly on mining research in Jordan. Thus, I was able to see and follow carefully what the detailed notices of English publications (the only ones I believe to exist in this field for these regions) cannot even offer remotely.

Well, I can declare, with a clear conscience, that in reading the description made in the Work of one of the journeys of Our Lord Jesus Christ beyond the Jordan to Gerasa, I perfectly recognized, with a vivid memory that returned to my Spirit, the path of Our Lord, and I recognized the description made with such precision that only those who could see it or had seen it had the possibility to represent it!

But my surprise increased when, continuing to read, I saw a mineralogical statement where, representing superimposed blocks as granites, it says that they are not granite but limestone! I declare that this distinction can only be appreciated on site by an expert! And continuing, I read again that at the summit, not far before beginning the slight descent towards Gerasa, there is a small spring where Our Lord Jesus Christ stopped with the caravan to have a snack. Now, I think this spring, which exists, is so small that it would have escaped, even if crossed, all those who were not especially attentive.

These details, in addition to the description of this entire journey, in this region where comforting tradition demonstrates that the countries I have seen, which are nearly 100% Christian in a Muslim-majority country, are such that at the time of the preaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ, represent a factor that can leave no one indifferent.

These, and others which I do not mention for the sake of brevity, are facts that struck my critical mind and reinforced in me the absolute conviction that this work is the fruit of the supernatural; if it were not the case, I would not be able to find a humanly convincing explanation for these facts I have mentioned and which are nonetheless perfectly verifiable.

But more than my critical mind, it is my Heart—which feels better every time it can read a page of this work—that assures me that it is the "work of God."

With all my being, I hope that this work will become as soon as possible, with its prompt publication, the heritage and property of all humanity, because I feel and think that many, many, many wandering Souls will return to the Sheepfold.

Vittorio Tredici,

Rome, January 1952

In-depth research on God, faith, religious Doctrine.

Person who is neither priest nor religious.

The Gospel as it was revealed to me (Maria Valtorta).