St. Patrick Opened a Portal to Purgatory on This Little-Known Irish Island
Source: Smithsonian
Religious lore suggests that God showed Patrick the entrance to purgatory, where the Irish could witness the consequences of not embracing Christianity with their own eyes. Andreas F. Borchert via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Today, St. Patrick’s name conjures up images of four-leaf clovers, mugs of beer and the color green—all staples of his March 17 feast day. Some St. Patrick’s Day celebrants are…
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