Journey to St Patrick′s Purgatory Boyd Hardback Boydell and Brewer 9781855663572

Journey to St Patricks PurgatoryAuthor(s): Stephen Boyd, Stephen Boyd\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Tamesis Books\nISBN-13: 9781855663572, 978-1855663572\nSynopsis\nIn autumn 1397, Viscount Ramon de Perells left the papal palace in Avignon to travel to St Patrick's Purgatory, famous throughout Europe as a gateway to the next world. There, he spent twenty-four hours in an underground cavern, where he claimed to have travelled through the nine fields of Purgatory, accompanied by demons, before entering the Earthly Paradise and catching a glimpse of Heaven.