St Patrick's Purgatory
Ancient pilgrimage site on in Lough Derg, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Station Island" redirects here. For the island in California, see Drawbridge, California. For the Seamus Heaney collection, see Station Island (poetry).
Not to be confused with Staten Island.
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 the fifth century, when Christ showed Saint Patrick a cave, sometimes referred to as a pit or a well, on Station Island that was an entrance to Purgatory.[2] Its importance in medieval times is clear from the fact that it is mentioned in texts from as early as 1185 and shown on maps from all over Europe as early as the fifteenth century. It is the only Irish site designated on Martin Behaim's world map of 1492.[3]
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Saint Patrick's Basilica | |
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St Patrick's Purgatory | |
Baisleac Naomh Pádraig | |
54°36′32.30″N 7°52′16.51″W | |
Location | Lough Derg, County Donegal |
Country | Republic of Ireland |
Language(s) | English, Irish, Latin |
Denomination | Catholic |
Tradition | Roman Rite |
Website | loughderg |
History | |
Status | minor basilica |
Dedication | Saint Patrick |
Dedicated | 12 May 1931 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | William Alphonsus Scott Thomas Joseph Cullen[1] |
Style | Romanesque Revival, Neo-Byzantine |
Groundbreaking | 1924 |
Completed | 1931 |
Construction cost | IR£80,000 |
Specifications | |
Materials | ashlar, stone, marble, lead, stained glass, copper, concrete |
Administration | |
Diocese | Clogher |
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