"Purification after death" redirects here. For the rite, see Last offices. For other uses, see Purgatory (disambiguation). Image of a fiery purgatory by Ludovico Carracci. Top: Christ directing, with Mary and interceding saints. Middle: Angel showing a soul the intercessors. Bottom: souls being purged with various attitudes. Purgatory (Latin: purgatorium, borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and