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 Divine Comedy Purgatory (drama), a 1938 play by William Butler Yeats Purgatory (2000 AD), a Judge Dredd comics spinoff story Purgatori, a Chaos! Comics character Purgatory (comics), a supervillain from DC Comics
Film and television Film Purgatory, a 1998 Russian television film by Alexander Nevzorov Purgatory (1999 film), an American Western fantasy television film directed by Uli Edel Purgatory (2007 film), a Spanish short film Purgatory, Colorado, a fictional town in the 1971 film Support Your Local Gunfighter! Purgatory (1988 film), starring Tanya Roberts Purgatory (2026 film), a comedy-drama film directed by Lindsay Lanzilotta
Television Purgatory (TV series), a 2017–2018 Armenian mystery drama series "Purgatory" (Arrow), an episode "Purgatory" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode "Purgatory" (Third Watch), an episode Purgatory (Wynonna Earp), a fictional town in which the series is set Music Artists Purgatory (band), an Indonesian heavy metal band Iced Earth, previously named Purgatory, an American heavy metal band
Albums Purgatory (Borealis album) or the title song, 2015 Purgatory (The Tossers album) or the title song, 2003 Purgatory (Tyler Childers album) or the title song, 2017 Purgatory (Despised Icon album), 2019
Songs "Purgatory" (song), by Iron Maiden, 1981 "Purgatory", by Kim Petras from Turn Off the Light, 2019
Opera 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, US Purgatory Resort, a ski area in Colorado, US Purgatory Chasm State Reservation, a geologic state park in Sutton, Massachusetts Purgatory Conglomerate, a geologic unit named for Purgatory Chasm
See also St. Patrick's Purgatory, an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland Purgatorio (disambiguation) Purgatoire (disambiguation) Pugatory, an animated webseries created by Marzia Kjellberg