![]() ![]() Through the poet’s admission of his own deficiencies (when writing about heavenly things) and his references to the Blessed Mother, we as readers catch a wonderfully paradoxical glimpse into the glory of God Himself. In the concluding portion of his Comedia, Dante successfully portrays Mary as Intercessor, Mother, Queen, and the greatest Reflection of God. Dante details how Mary exemplifies humility and leads souls to God. ![]() Bernard tells Dante that hers is “the face that is most like / the face of Christ, for only through its brightness / can you prepare your vision to see Him” ( Paradiso, XXXII, lines 85-87). Strongly associated with roses and flowers, the Queen of Heaven most closely reflects God’s Light and beauty: St. The epic’s last four cantos (XXX-XXXIII) are heavily inundated with Marian imagery and theology. After only a few mentions in the Inferno, Mary appears in almost every chapter of Purgatorio as the exemplar of virtue in Paradiso, we finally meet the Queen of Heaven in all her splendor. ![]() The Blessed Virgin Mary becomes more prominent in Dante’s Divine Comedy as the epic hero travels closer to the Beatific Vision. If you have a Theology essay that you would like published that received a grade of an A- or higher, please be sure to contact us. It has been edited and approved by Christopher Centrella. The following was a college essay written by Mary Biese. ![]()
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