Journey to St Patrick¿s Purgatory

In autumn 1397, Viscount Ramon de Perell-s 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.