Religious Vision as a POD?

Are there any good timelines where religious visions are part of the POD?


The other question belongs in the writers forum but related so I'll ask it here.
I have an idea where such a vision is a secondary POD (the original POD is the visionary not suffering the otl death that would make George RR Martin weep). How would you sell it to the reader.
 
This is not the main POD of my TL, but my TL Lone Star Republic features a mini-POD featuring Pope Pius IX receiving a vision from Jesus of several events in OTL (Lone Star Special: Revelations and Revolutions). Jesus says that if Pius wants to prevent the horrible stuff that came to place in our world from happening, or at least limit them, that he should try and unite Italy under the banner of the Papal States and embrace Unification. I included that in my story because I'm Catholic and I wanted a reason for the then-Liberal Pius to lead the charge for Italian Unification, which lead to the Italian Federation/Holy Roman Empire. Deus Vult!

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