I Sette Peccati Capitali Secondo Dante

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November 18, 2009 at 9:03 am

(1) Stanislaw Gadomski :

Primo era Giovanni Cassiano (circa 360-23 luglio 435), commemorato come santo dalla Chiesa cattolica e dalla Chiesa ortodossa

November 18, 2009 at 10:40 am

(2) CINZIA :

There are SEVERAL MISTAKES in the article on seven deadly sins–both in English and in Italian! eg in English, Lust and Sloth aren’t even IDENTIFIED; and in Italian, luxuria gula and avaritia are all SPELLED INCORRECTLY!

November 18, 2009 at 11:44 am

(3) Am I mistaken? :

In fact, I believe “luxuria” is the old name for lechery. “Lussuria” is the word Virgil uses in the “Commedia” to mean “luxury,” “indulgence.”

November 28, 2009 at 5:48 pm

(4) leopardi :

And the correct title of the work is Commedia, not La Divina Commedia – the adjective Divina was added later by Bocaccio and first used as the title in an edition of 1555 but it is not authentic.

December 2, 2009 at 11:05 am

(5) maelstrom74 :

@leopardi: the modern and correct title of the work is “La Divina Commedia”, not “Commedia”. That was the name used in the past and, as you correctly said, then modified by Boccaccio.

@Cinzia: there are no mistakes, those names are in Latin and are correct in that language.

December 3, 2009 at 1:06 pm

(6) Michael :

It would have been helpful to mention the cantica and canto where Dante lists these sins.