Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
Francis in Dante’s Praise
Aquinas describes two providential guides, one fervent and the other wise, working towards the same end. His account presents Francis’s chosen lady as a bride refused by the world but loved ever more deeply by him. Francis finally entrusts this dearest lady to his brotherhood as their inheritance. The portrayal makes fidelity to Poverty central to the order’s vocation and the meaning of his departure.
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Principal account
LiteraryAquinas describes two providential guides, one fervent and the other wise, working towards the same end. His account presents Francis’s chosen lady as a bride refused by the world but loved ever more deeply by him.
Further detail
LiteraryFrancis finally entrusts this dearest lady to his brotherhood as their inheritance. The portrayal makes fidelity to Poverty central to the order’s vocation and the meaning of his departure.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Cary’s translation of Dante’s poem. The entry concerns Dante’s Francis-Poverty allegory, not a literal marriage or a full historical account of Franciscan beginnings. Its people and places are presented within the literary vision, with the historical or theological subject distinguished from the role Dante assigns it.
Original passages
Source 1
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
Then loved her more devoutlyOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante, Purgatory and Paradise; active reader leaf 258
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- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0258
- Original scan leaf
- 259
- Recorded leaf number
- 259
- Current Reader position
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Source 2
Purgatory and Paradise: The Vision of Dante
As their just heritage, he gave in charge His dearest ladyOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante, Purgatory and Paradise; active reader leaf 260
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0119-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0119-E001-P0260
- Original scan leaf
- 261
- Recorded leaf number
- 261
- Current Reader position
- 257
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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