Poverty As Reward And Compensation: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 16 - 39

Walking With Dante

Dante has gone beyond Pope Adrian V but hasn't left the fifth terrace of Purgatory. He and Virgil pick their way among the many shades until the pilgrim hears one shade call out three examples that entice the pilgrim to find this penitent.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we work through this passage on the terrace of the avaricious that will eventually lead us to our surprising second greedy soul ahead.

Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:

[01:15] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, lines 16 - 39. If you'd like to read along or continue the conversation with me about this passage, please find the entry for this episode on my website, markscarbrough.com.

[03:15] Dante, the poor homeless man, stares at the greedy.

[05:25] The exemplars for the avaricious are told in very few words.

[07:04] The first exemplar for the avaricious: Mary and her poverty.

[10:03] The second exemplar for the avaricious: Fabricius and his poverty.

[12:26] The third exemplar for the avaricious: Saint Nicholas and his generosity.

[16:18] Does Dante have a death wish?

[22:10] Rereading the passge: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, lines 16 - 39.