| Saint Patrick's Basilica | |
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| St Patrick's Purgatory | |
Baisleac Naomh Pádraig | |
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  Saint Patrick's Basilica  Saint Patrick's Basilica | |
| 54°36′32.30″N 7°52′16.51″W / 54.6089722°N 7.8712528°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 |
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]
- ^ "St. Parick's Catholic Basilica, STATION ISLAND, Lough Derg, DONEGAL". Buildings of Ireland.
- ^ Bieler, Ludwig. "St. Patrick's Purgatory: Contributions towards an Historical Topography.” The Irish Ecclesiastical Record 93 (1960): 137–44.
- ^ Leslie, Shane, ed. Saint Patrick’s Purgatory: A Record from History and Literature. London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1932