medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>From: jlkerbau <[log in to unmask]>
>A couple of legendary/literary instances.
>
>In Canto XX of the Paradiso, Dante is amazed to find Trajan and Ripheus.
>Trajan was supposed to have been redeemed by the prayers of Gregory the
>Great. Ripheus, mentioned as especially righteous in the Aeneid, is
>Dante's nominee, but the circumstances tell us at least that Dante
>subscribed to the notion of a "baptism of desire."
Or a notion of what a colleague has been calling "righteous heathens."
It may not be relevant, but some think Dante read at least some of
Adomna/n's works before composing the Inferno.
Thank you for the reference!
Francine Nicholson
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