The Regents, or Intelligences, of Venus are the Principalities. ↩

This is the first line of the first canzone in the Convito , and in his commentary upon it, II 5, Dante says:⁠—

“In the first place, then, be it known, that the movers of this heaven are substances separate from matter, that is, Intelligences, which the common people call Angels.”

“In the first place, then, be it known, that the movers of this heaven are substances separate from matter, that is, Intelligences, which the common people call Angels.”