![]() ![]() ![]() So why did he put him in hell?ĭante envisioned seeing Julius Caesar in the first circle of Hell, Limbo, along with other souls of virtuous pagans such as philosophers, scientists, mathematicians and uncorrupted leaders and politicians.Īgain, Dante was a devout Christian. Julius Caesarĭante believed that Julius Caesar was destined to govern the world by divine intervention and that his death signified the end of Italy’s unification. He placed Pope Celestine V in the land of the Uncommitted after the gate of Hell, where souls of people who refused to do nothing, not any good or evil, in their lives linger, constantly pursuing a banner representing self-interest while being chased and stung by hornets and wasps.Īnd as if that wasn’t enough, insects and maggots festered in the bodies, drinking their blood and tears. If you read the Divine Comedy, you will find that Dante held societal order in high regard and hated those who wished to disrupt it or refused their responsibility to uphold it.Īnd also, the papacy then went to Pope Boniface VIII, whom Dante despised and referenced in Inferno quite often, but couldn’t place in hell because he was still alive at the time of his writing. He was Pope for only 161 days.īeing a devout Christian, Dante would have seen this not only as a sin against God, but a crime against society. Pietro da Morrone, who was Pope Celestine V in 1294, is believed to be one of the subjects of a passage in the Inferno that states, “the shade of him who in his cowardice made the great refusal.” Here, it’s implied that the “great refusal” is his resignation from the papacy. ![]()
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