- The Angel Gabriel. Luke 1:28:— “And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.” ↩
- The countenance of each saint became brighter. ↩
- The word in the original is abbelliva , which Dante here uses in the sense of the Provençal, abellis , of Purgatorio XXVI 140. He uses the word in the same sense in Convito , II 7:— “In all speech the speaker is chiefly bent on persuasion, that is, on pleasing the audience, all’ abbellire dell’ audienza , which is the source of all other persuasions.” ↩
- The star of morning delighting in the sun, is from Canto VIII 12, where Dante speaks of Venus as “The star That wooes the sun, now following, now in front.” ↩
- The Virgin Mary, the Queen of this empire. ↩
- Adam. ↩
- St. Peter. ↩
- St. John, who lived till the evil days and persecutions of the Church, the bride of Christ, won by the crucifixion. ↩
- Moses. ↩
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