San Domenico nel cielo dei sapienti

Lucia Bodecchi

doi:10.6092/issn.2974-7287/15955

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Lucia Bodecchi Istituto paritario Spallanzani di Sassuolo (Modena)

Lucia Bodecchi is head teacher at the Istituto paritario Spallanzani in Sassuolo (Modena), where she also teaches Italian. She graduated in Modern literature from the University of Bologna with a dissertation on Canto XI of Paradiso, subsequently published by the Centro dantesco dei Frati minori conventuali of Ravenna under the title San Francesco nella “Commedia” di Dante (2013). She has also written the following articles on the same topic: Ardore, sapienza, umiltà: osservazioni sul san Francesco di Dante («Collectanea Franciscana», 2011); Francesco come alter Christus nell’XI canto del “Paradiso” («Italia francescana», 2011); and San Francesco d’Assisi nella “Commedia” di Dante («Vivens homo», 2017).

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2974-7287/15955

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Dante, Dante and St Dominic, Dante and St Francis, Dante and the Heaven of the Wise, Dante and Preaching

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In Heaven of the Sun, Dante celebrates Saint Dominic as a great saint and erudite preacher. While this panegyric displays some unique, distinctive features, it should also be read in connection to the tribute to Saint Francis in the preceding canto and, more broadly, the entirety of Heaven of the Sun containing both eulogies. Only within this larger framework is it possible to fully appreciate their breadth of references and depth of meaning, for a fuller comprehension of Dante’s meditation on wisdom and how it is so vibrantly exemplified by Francis and Dominic.

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