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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sphere of Saturn canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf celestial heaven in Dante's Paradiso ⓘ
literary location ⓘ
above Sphere of Jupiter ⓘ
appearsInCanto Paradiso Canto XXI ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso

Paradiso Canto XXII ⓘ
linked to: Paradiso
associatedTheme austerity and asceticism ⓘ
renunciation of worldly honors ⓘ
associatedVirtue contemplation ⓘ
associatedWith planet Saturn ⓘ
linked to: Saturn
below Heaven of the Fixed Stars ⓘ
contains golden ladder ⓘ
contrastedWith active life ⓘ
cosmologicalModel Ptolemaic geocentric cosmos ⓘ
createdBy Dante Alighieri ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Saint Peter Damian ⓘ
linked to: St. Peter Damian

Saint Romuald ⓘ
partOf Divine Comedy ⓘ
Paradiso ⓘ
positionInHeavens seventh heaven ⓘ
precedes Fixed Stars (eighth heaven) ⓘ
linked to: Fixed Stars
realmType heaven of contemplatives ⓘ
represents contemplative life ⓘ
symbolizes monastic vocation ⓘ
mystical contemplation ⓘ
visitedBy Dante (character) ⓘ
linked to: Dante (protagonist)
visitedWith Beatrice (character) ⓘ
linked to: Beatrice

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 Saturn ⓘ
Sphere of Jupiter → followsInParadiso → Sphere of Saturn ⓘ