The Marian Garden: Ancient and New

the Florentine, who, appearing one night to Elisabeth Vincentina, a tertiary of our Order (who had commended herself with her whole heart to the Blessed Father while she was being gravely tempted by unclean spirits), fortified her with a triple sprinkling of lustral water, put the demons to flight, and left the sister devoted to him greatly consoled.

6. How useful this salutary water is, not only for the soul but also at times for the body according to each person's faith, we have experienced enough, especially during the time of Blessed Father Benincasa of Florence, as one could see. For whoever drank the water blessed by him would escape from any bodily infirmity, with the Church singing: "All were saved to whom this water reached." Century 2, Book 5, Chapter 11

7. Among other temptations sent by the devil to Blessed Sister Bartholomaea de Cardovellis, this was one: that while she was gravely ill, he urged her not to take the food of the final struggle so that she might reach heaven more quickly, and he threatened that he would cruelly afflict her if she did not obey him, which he indeed did. For as often as she needed refreshment and cooling, the tempter would afflict her. Hence, so that she might be helped in such afflictions, as they were very grave, she asked those standing by that whenever she took any food or drink, they should always first sprinkle it with lustral water, affirming that it was a great strength and help to her for weakening the powers of the devil. Father Paulus Terrucius of Siena