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Show "t J AV "'V'-; 'i ''Apt -V rl f r--": ; i ' ' f ' . I v "3 U " - " . ' - ? ' " - - 3 ' it , -i 'o WHERE ST. PATRICK LIES AT DOWNPATRICK The huge uncarved ttone was two years ago drawn from tin neighborhood hills and placed over the supposed grave of St. Patrick. It bears a cross and the word "Patrick" in Irish capital letters. It weighs seven tons. Part of the present DownpatricU cathedral is shown in the background. i appears In a work written in Latin in 1188 by a monk, Henry, belonging to a Cistercian abbey in Huntingdonshire, England. The hook relates the experience experi-ence of an Irish knight named Owein, who descended Into the cave of St. Patrick's Pat-rick's purgatory to do penance for his sins. He was led alternately through hell and the terrestrial paradise and was finally permitted to view the glowing glow-ing portals of the celestial paradise. Henry's book made St. Patrick's purgatory pur-gatory famous throughout Europe, and accounts of other descents Into purgatory purga-tory followed his in quick succession. The story spreading to Spain and Italy furnished the subject of a drama to Calderon and doubtless contributed ideas utilized by Dante in the "Divina Oommedia." ST. PATRICK'S PURGATORY ON LOUGH DERG LOUGH DERG, environed by hills, in the southern part of County Donegal, also claims the distinction of having an Island on which is St. Patrick's purgatory. purga-tory. In the middle ages the place had a European reputation and pilgrimages pilgrim-ages were made to it from various parts of the continent. Between June 1 and August 15 the legendary site of St. Patrick's purgatory is still visited by 3,000 or 4,000 pilgrims annually. This lough, much smaller than another one similarly named, is studded with Islands, delightful in themselves and rendered still more attractive by a picturesque pic-turesque environment in which beauty and a measure of sublimity are commingled. com-mingled. Giraldus Cambrensis, a Welsh writer of the twelfth century, who resided boat ok jt. patrick's tTme This ancient type of boat dates from St. Patrick's time. This one is still in use on the Boyne river near Slane. It has a wattle wat-tle framework and is covered with hide. It is singularly like one of the round boats on the Tigris. for some time in Ireland, wrote at some length about St. Patrick's purgatory' purga-tory' on the Pionegal Lough Derg island. "The island in the lake," he wrote, "is divided into two parts, on one side being be-ing a church of great sanctity, amid scenes of wondrous beauty, its charms heightened by the frequent visits of angels and local saints. The other side of the island Is rugged and hideous hide-ous and is reputed to be the resort of demons and the haunts where evil spirits spir-its perform their dreadful orgies. This portion of the island has nine pits and if any person dares to pass a night in one of them he or she Is seized by malignant sp'wits and tortured. Whoever Who-ever has borne these agonies in discharge dis-charge of penance will not undergo future fu-ture punishment in hell, unless persisting persist-ing In sinning worse than before." In this manner the Welsh historian writes of the other St. Patrick's purgatory. pur-gatory. Long before his (lay, however, legend and myth had cast their glamour over a lovely spot which was, without doubt, at one time sanctified by the presence and the ministrations of the apostle of Ireland. It was a credulous age In which Giraldus Cambrensis lived and his narration Is as of a matter mat-ter of fact In which he himself believed. be-lieved. The simple-minded people of the Donegal hills are not much harassed by speculative doubts, and to them generally gen-erally the traditions attached to Lough Derg" and St. Patrick's purgatory appeal ap-peal as strongly and make no greater demands upon belief than aii made by matters regarded as still more essential. essen-tial. The first mention of St. Patrick's purgatory In literature was made by a monk, .loceline of Furness, in his "Vira Saneti Patrieii." written about the year 113. Giraldus Cambrensis' reference to It was made two years later, but neiilxT he nor Joceline advanced ad-vanced the idea that the purgatory was an entrance into the other world. Ibis development of the legend first |