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    St Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. According to legend, the site dates from...
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    Irish knight named Owein travels to St. Patrick's Purgatory to atone for his sins. After descending into purgatory, he is visited by several demons who...
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    knight's visit to the land of Purgatory reached through a cave in the island known as Station Island or St Patrick's Purgatory in the lake of Lough Derg,...
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    name was inspired by medieval legends that St. Patrick's Purgatory in Ireland gave access down to Purgatory, indicating something very deep. The architect-engineer...
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  • St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to: Saint Patrick, the Catholic patron saint of Ireland Saint Patrick's Day, the saint's feast day St. Patrick's...
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    tales about St. Patrick's Purgatory, a cavelike entrance to purgatory on a remote island in Ireland. The legend of St Patrick's Purgatory (Tractatus de...
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    Saint Patrick, patron saint archive Saint Patrick's Breastplate Saint Patrick's Day St Patrick halfpenny St Patrick's blue St Patrick's Purgatory St Patrick's...
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    3 mi) north of the border village of Pettigo. It is best known for St Patrick's Purgatory, a site of pilgrimage on Station Island in the lake. The lake is...
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    Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii (Treatise on Saint Patrick's Purgatory) is a Latin text written about 1180–1184 by a monk who identified himself...
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  • Massachusetts Purgatory Conglomerate, a geologic unit named for Purgatory Chasm St. Patrick's Purgatory, an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough...
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