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Gregory the Great, the Vision of Fursey, and the origins of purgatory

Dunn, Marilyn·2000·Peritia
DOI 10.1484/j.peri.3.401
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The most significant contribution of pope Gregory the Great (†604) to the doctrine of purgatory occurs in the Dialogues, a work of contested authenticity. The doubts raised in the 1980s over its genuineness have still not been dispelled and the thesis that it is a hybrid and inauthentic work is confirmed by a study of its teaching on post-mortem purgation. This appears to have to have been influenced by the extension of the system of tarriffed penance into the afterlife, a development first shown in the narrative of the vision of the Irish monk, Fursey, composed on the Continent in the 650s. The Dialogues as they have come down to us may be a work composed in England in the 670s, while its sections on purgatory form part of an ongoing debate about the nature of penance, intercession, and the afterlife.

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Authors
Dunn, M.
Corresponding author
Dunn, Marilyn
Venue
Peritia
Publisher
Brepols Publishers NV
Published
2000-01
Volume
14
Pages
238-254
ISSN
  • 0332-1592 (ISSN-L)
  • 2034-6506
DOI
10.1484/j.peri.3.401
OpenAlex
W1590617256
Cited by
30
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0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 14 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2
FWCI
5.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Peritia (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medieval Literature and History
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Medieval Philosophy and Theology
Keywords
Gregory the Great, Dialogues of Gregory the Great, purgatory, Irish monks, penance, intercession, afterlife, early medieval hagiography, Anglo-Saxon England

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