Divine Comedy-I: Inferno

What was happening to Dante right before his Beatific vision?

Dante's Inferno, Canto XXXIII

Asked by
Last updated by jill d #170087
Answers 1
Add Yours

St. Bernard offers a Prayer to the Virgin so that Dante is permitted the Beatific Vision of God. The vision passes and Dante is once more mortal and fallible. Yet the truth is stamped upon his soul, which he now knows will return to be one with God's love.

Source(s)

Canto XXXIII of Paradiso, The Divine Comedy

GradeSaver will pay $15 for your literature essays
GradeSaver will pay $25 for your college application essays
GradeSaver will pay $50 for your graduate school essays – Law, Business, or Medical
GradeSaver will pay $10 for your Community Note contributions
GradeSaver will pay $500 for your Textbook Answer contributions