File:Ortelius 1592 St Patrick's Purgatory Map.jpg

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Description St Patrick's Purgatory, as shown on a map by Abraham Ortelius in 1592
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Derived from this image. The inscription attached to Lough Derg reads:

Purgatorium S. Patritij, huius
 Diui precibus hoc loco à Deo
constitutum. Syl. Gyraldus.

This can be translated to: The Purgatory of Saint Patricius, whose prayers in this place prompted its establishment by God, according to Sylvius Gyraldus. (The inscription and the associated translation were taken from this page at Ortelius Maps.)
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Abraham Ortelius  (1527–1598)  wikidata:Q232916 s:it:Autore:Abraham Ortelius
 
Abraham Ortelius
Alternative names
Ortels, Oertel, Orthellius, Wortels
Description cartographer, historian, engraver, geographer, archaeologist and afsetter
Date of birth/death 14 April 1527 Edit this at Wikidata 28 June 1598 / 29 June 1598 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Antwerp Antwerp
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q232916

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