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Canto XXI of Dante’s Paradiso - commentary.

Heaven of Saturn, the contemplatives. The golden ladder. St. Peter (Pier) Damiani.

00:00 Canto XXI - Overview
2:50 The Power of Silence
4:38 Incipit
7:06 Verses13 - 15
11:08 "Uno scaleo eretto"
12:48 Increasing light
17:53 Dante's 2 questions
20:24 “Why Me?”
24:24 St. Peter Damian

Music: Gregorian Chant on "Sound of Silence"
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Translations used for this video:
Allen Mandelbaum barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1139687804
Robert Hollander barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1140792727?ean=9781400031153
Robin Kirkpatrick barnesandnoble.com/w/the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri/1111306385?ean=9780143107194