The ampler circles of Paradise. ↩

Divine Mercy. ↩

St. Lucia, emblem of enlightening Grace. ↩

Rachel, emblem of Divine Contemplation. See Paradiso XXXII 9 . ↩

Beside that flood, where ocean has no vaunt ; “That is,” says Boccaccio, Comento , “the sea cannot boast of being more impetuous or more dangerous than that.” ↩