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Convivio – The Banquet of Knowledge!

Good morning! πŸŒ‡β˜•οΈ New week – new book 😊And we’re still expanding the context of understanding Dante’s Divine Comedy more fully with another look at his younger works and life. And after Dante’s first youthful work of “Vita Nuova” around … Continue reading

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Dante’s Vita Nuova!

After a full year of podcasting the Divine Comedy, we’ve now started on an earlier work of Dante – the “Vita Nuova” (New Life/Young Life)! And in the very opening chapters – Dante is describing the vision that came to … Continue reading

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Guido da Montefeltro

Good morning!! β˜€οΈπŸŒ‡β˜•οΈ Today we’ve made an episode about the Guido da Montefeltro, Lord of Urbino, and later Franciscan Monk and advisor to Pope Boniface VIII. For which, Minos in the Underworld sends him straight to the Eight Circle and … Continue reading

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Assisi

One of the most beautiful towns and churches in Italy – Assisi in Umbria!

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Dante Anniversary, 2021!

Next year is the 700th year marking of Dante’s passing away, in Ravenna in 1321, only a few months after he completed the Paradiso and the trilogy of the The Divine Comedy! And the national celebration in Italy will be … Continue reading

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