Purgatory (disambiguation)

Purgatory is, in Roman Catholic and other religious teachings, a temporary state of the dead.

Purgatory may also refer to:

Literature

• Purgatorio (Purgatory), the second part of Dante's The Divine Comedy
• Purgatory (drama), a play by William Butler Yeats
• Purgatory (novel), a novel by Gun Arvidssen
• "Purgatory" (2000 AD), a Judge Dredd spinoff story that appeared in the comic 2000 AD
• Purgatory (comics), a fictional DC Comics supervillain
• Purgatori, a fictional comic book character

Film and television

• Purgatory (1997 film), a Russian film
• Purgatory (1999 film), a 1999 western fantasy film directed by Uli Edel
• Purgatory (2007 film), a Spanish short film
• "Purgatory" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• "Purgatory" (Third Watch), an episode of Third Watch
• Purgatory, Colorado, a fictional town in the 1971 film Support Your Local Gunfighter!

Music

• Purgatory (album), an album by The Tossers
• "Purgatory" (song), a song by Iron Maiden
• Purgatory (band), an Indonesian metal band
• Iced Earth, an American heavy metal band originally named Purgatory
• Purgatory, a 1958 opera by Hugo Weisgall based on Yeats's drama
• Purgatory, a 1966 opera by Gordon Crosse based on Yeats's drama

Other uses

• Purgatory Correctional Facility, the county jail of Washington County, Utah.
• Purgatory Resort, a ski area in Southwest Colorado, USA, once known as Durango Mountain Resort.

See also

• St. Patrick's Purgatory, an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland
• Purgatorio (disambiguation)