The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Pilate freed after two thousand years, in chapter 32.
Purgatory
Dante Alighieri
the infinite goodness with arms so large that it takes in whoever turns to it (Canto III), Buonconte saved by a small tear, and Pia, who asks only to be remembered (Canto V), the prayer of the living that shortens the wait (Canto VI, Canto VIII), Provenzano, who humbles himself in the square to ransom a friend (Canto XI), and the young man who prays for those who stone him (Canto XV).