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Pope Boniface VIII Boniface, for Dante, is personal and public enemy number one. Benedetto Caetani, a talented and ambitious scholar of canon law, rose quickly through the ranks of the church and was elected pope, as Boniface VIII, soon after the abdication of Pope Celestine V in 1294. (There were rumors that Boniface had intimidated Celestine ...
For the truly rash act of Inferno 19 is the one executed by Dante-poet, who effectively reserves a place in Hell for Boniface VIII. [21] In damning Boniface VIII, Dante sets aside the theology of repentance, which holds that sinners can delay repentance until the very last moment of life and still be saved.
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Even though Pope Boniface VIII never physically shows up in the Inferno, he's a major figure, both in Dante’s political life and as a symbol of sin. Boniface would have served nicely as Dante’s prime antagonist... if only our poet been able to include him in his story. Don’t think that Dante excluded Boniface from Hell out of some ...
Guido was hesitant to help, but Pope Boniface promised to absolve him of his sins ahead of time if he would help him destroy his enemies. Guido accepted the absolution, then, thinking himself protected, advised the pope with false counsel and the pope's attack on the Ghibelline's failed. When he died, St. Francis came to save him, but a devil ...
Analysis. Dante and Virgil arrive in the third trench, which holds Simonists, those who bought or sold sacred things like the sacraments, church offices, or pardons. Dante praises God's judgment as he sees that the stone here is dotted with many holes, into which the Simonists have put their heads and torsos, with their legs and feet sticking out.
Pope Boniface VIII. A notoriously corrupt pope who reigned from 1294 to 1303, Boniface made a concerted attempt to increase the political might of the Catholic Church and was thus a political enemy of Dante, who advocated a separation of church and state. Farinata
