Sphere of Saturn
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The Sphere of Saturn is the seventh celestial heaven in Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso, representing the contemplative life and inhabited by souls devoted to spiritual reflection.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
celestial heaven in Dante's Paradiso
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| above | Sphere of Jupiter ⓘ |
| appearsInCanto |
Paradiso Canto XXI
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paradiso Canto XXII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
austerity and asceticism
ⓘ
renunciation of worldly honors ⓘ |
| associatedVirtue | contemplation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | planet Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| below | Heaven of the Fixed Stars ⓘ |
| contains | golden ladder ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | active life ⓘ |
| cosmologicalModel | Ptolemaic geocentric cosmos ⓘ |
| createdBy | Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| DanteFocus |
critique of ecclesiastical corruption
ⓘ
praise of eremitic and monastic ideals ⓘ |
| emotionalTone | awe and solemnity ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | reward for those devoted to contemplative life ⓘ |
| follows | Sphere of Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldenLadderSymbolizes | ascent of the contemplative soul ⓘ |
| governedBy | contemplatives and monastics ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | souls devoted to spiritual reflection ⓘ |
| ladderExtendsToward | Empyrean ⓘ |
| languageFeature | reduced use of Beatrice's smile to avoid overwhelming Dante ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | subdued radiance ⓘ |
| notableSoul |
Saint Benedict of Nursia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Peter Damian NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Romuald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Divine Comedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paradiso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInHeavens | seventh heaven ⓘ |
| precedes | Fixed Stars (eighth heaven) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realmType | heaven of contemplatives ⓘ |
| represents | contemplative life ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
monastic vocation
ⓘ
mystical contemplation ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Dante (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visitedWith | Beatrice (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.