Sphere of Jupiter

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The Sphere of Jupiter is the heavenly realm in Dante Alighieri’s Paradiso where just and righteous rulers reside, symbolizing divine justice.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sphere of Jupiter canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf celestial sphere ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
heavenly realm ⓘ
location in literature ⓘ
appearsIn Divine Comedy ⓘ
Paradiso ⓘ
associatedWith justice ⓘ
righteous rulers ⓘ
contrastedWith unjust rulers on Earth ⓘ
cosmologicalOrder Ptolemaic system ⓘ
creator Dante Alighieri ⓘ
depictedAs eagle-shaped constellation of souls ⓘ
luminous souls forming letters ⓘ
describedIn Paradiso, Cantos 18–20 ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso
ethicalCategory cardinal virtue of justice ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate early 14th century ⓘ
followsInParadiso Sphere of Saturn ⓘ
formsPartOf medieval Christian cosmology ⓘ
governingPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
guidesPresent Beatrice ⓘ
hasForm eagle of lights ⓘ
inhabitants just rulers ⓘ
righteous rulers ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
levelOfBeatitude high but not ultimate ⓘ
literaryGenre allegory ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse Dante’s cosmology ⓘ
medium epic poem ⓘ
messageSpelledOut DILIGITE IUSTITIAM QUI IUDICATIS TERRAM ⓘ
moralTheme justice ⓘ
right use of temporal power ⓘ
narrativeFunction exemplify just rulers rewarded in heaven ⓘ
notableInhabitants Constantine ⓘ
David ⓘ
Hezekiah ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
William II of Sicily ⓘ
partOf Divine Comedy ⓘ
Paradiso ⓘ
positionInParadiso sixth heaven ⓘ
precedesInParadiso Sphere of Mars ⓘ
religionContext Christianity ⓘ
sourceOfQuote Book of Wisdom 1:1 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Wisdom
symbolizes divine justice ⓘ
just rule ⓘ
righteous governance ⓘ
ultimateDestinationOfPilgrim Empyrean ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Paradiso → hasPart → Sphere of Jupiter ⓘ
Sphere of Saturn → follows → Sphere of Jupiter ⓘ