ABSTRACT

She took him by the hand and led him to Purgatory, but he didn’t hear or see anything because it was so dark. Vincenzo wanted to leave because he felt suffocated.

“Now,” the lady said, “I shall bring you to the church of the Holy Fathers. Do you see it, my boy? This is the church of the Holy Fathers. It used to be full, and now it is empty.—Walk along, and I’ll take you to Limbo.—Do you see those little ones? Those are the infants who died without being baptized.”