Sphere of Mars

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The Sphere of Mars is the celestial realm in Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso where the souls of holy warriors and martyrs reside, symbolizing courage and militant faith.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sphere of Mars canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm in literature ⓘ
celestial sphere ⓘ
appearsInCanto Paradiso Canto 14 ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso

Paradiso Canto 15 ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso

Paradiso Canto 16 ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso

Paradiso Canto 17 ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso

Paradiso Canto 18 ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso
associatedWith Christian martyrs ⓘ
holy warriors ⓘ
planet Mars ⓘ
linked to: Mars
contrastsWith Sphere of Saturn ⓘ
Sphere of Venus ⓘ
cosmologicalModel geocentric Ptolemaic system ⓘ
creator Dante Alighieri ⓘ
DanteGuide Beatrice ⓘ
Cacciaguida ⓘ
depicts history of Christian warfare ⓘ
follows Sphere of the Sun ⓘ
functionInNarrative exemplification of virtuous warfare ⓘ
revelation of Dante’s ancestry ⓘ
governingVirtue fortitude ⓘ
inhabitants souls of holy warriors ⓘ
souls of martyrs ⓘ
languageOfEncounter Latin ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySource Italian ⓘ
literaryGenre medieval Christian epic ⓘ
locatedInFictionalCosmos Dante’s Ptolemaic universe ⓘ
moralCategory active life of Christian heroism ⓘ
movement harmonious celestial music ⓘ
notableSoul Cacciaguida degli Elisei ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
Godfrey of Bouillon ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ
Roland ⓘ
orderInHeaven fifth sphere ⓘ
partOf Divine Comedy ⓘ
Paradiso ⓘ
precedes Sphere of Jupiter ⓘ
primarySource Paradiso by Dante Alighieri ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
symbolizes courage ⓘ
holy warfare in defense of the faith ⓘ
militant faith ⓘ
theologicalTheme divine providence in history ⓘ
sacrifice for the faith ⓘ
timeOfCompositionContext early 14th century Italy ⓘ
visionForm luminous cross of souls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paradiso → hasPart → Sphere of Mars ⓘ
Sphere of Jupiter → precedesInParadiso → Sphere of Mars ⓘ
Sphere of the Sun → precedes → Sphere of Mars ⓘ