593–594
Latin
The Dialogues
Gregory the Great · c. 540–604
Four books of miracle stories about Italian holy men, the second devoted entirely to Benedict, and the fourth to the fate of souls after death.
Western · Dialogue
501–600
The Sixth Century
1 work
601–700
The Seventh Century
1 work
688
Latin
Foreknowledge of the Future Age
Prognosticon Futuri Saeculi
Julian of Toledo · c. 642–690
Three books on death, on the state of souls before the resurrection, and on the world to come, assembled from the fathers and arranged as answers to questions.
Western · Eschatology
901–1000
The Tenth Century
1 work
c. 998
Latin
The Decree on the Commemoration of the Dead
Odilo of Cluny · c. 962–1049
An order that on the day after All Saints every Cluniac house shall offer prayers and alms for all the faithful departed without exception.
Western · Decree
1401–1500
The Fifteenth Century
2 works
written c. 1149; printed from 1483
Latin
The Vision of Tundale, Printed
Marcus · 12th century
An Irish knight is taken through hell and purgatory by his guardian angel and shown, in graphic detail, the punishment fitted to each of his own sins.
Western · Visions
c. 1490–1510; recorded by disciples
Italian
Purgation and Purgatory
Catherine of Genoa · 1447–1510
Purgatory described not as punishment but as the soul's own joyful burning away of what keeps it from a love it can already see.
Western · Mystical