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How does a historical and spiritual figure become a turning point for culture, society, and the Church in every age? And how does Dante\u2019s poetry manage to capture the essence of a revolution based on the total stripping away of the self? The Patriarch of Venice, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, sought to answer these questions during his address on Tuesday, October 6, in the Sala delle Colonne at Ca\u2019 Giustinian, as part of the \u201cBiennale della parola.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The event, titled \u201cOn the High Seas for a Clear Sign: Dante\u2019s Canticle for Francis,\u201d began with a lecture on Canto XI of Dante\u2019s *Paradiso* to offer a comprehensive and profound reflection on the theme \u201cFrancis: Poverty Made Life.\u201d The Patriarch led the audience to the heart of the Divine Comedy, where theology becomes dramatic narrative and the Gospel teaching is transformed into concrete action, highlighting the revolutionary and untamed spirit of the Poverello of Assisi. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Monsignor Moraglia\u2019s analysis began with the structural placement of the canto within the Third Canticle. We find ourselves in the Heaven of the Sun, the abode of the wise spirits, where the poet is welcomed by a wreath of dancing lights. At the center of this circle stands St. Thomas Aquinas, a pillar of the Dominican Order, who takes the floor to deliver a solemn eulogy for St. Francis. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriarch emphasized the pedagogical and symbolic value of this poetic structure: Dante forges a \u201cfraternal exchange\u201d between the two great mendicant orders of the 13th century. In Canto XI, it is the Dominican Thomas who sings the praises of the founder of the Franciscans; in Canto XII, the exact opposite occurs, with the Franciscan Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio called upon to celebrate the greatness of Saint Dominic. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As mentioned in the speech, Dante transposes to the heavenly realm a custom deeply rooted in the Florence of that era: On October 4, for the feast of St. Francis, a Dominican friar would deliver a eulogy for the \u201cPoverello\u201d in the Basilica of Santa Croce, while on August 5, it was the turn of a Franciscan to celebrate St. Dominic at Santa Maria Novella. Far from any fruitless rivalry, the two orders and their respective founders are presented as \u201ctwo princes\u201d whom Providence has given to the Church to heal it from within: Dominic through the rigorous clarity of doctrine and the defense of the faith, Francis through radical imitation and the lived witness of the Gospel. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Before delving into the story of Francis, Dante\u2019s canto opens with a scathing invective against the wretchedness of human concerns. Men, Thomas observes, toil and squander their energy in pursuit of fleeting goals: financial gain, ecclesiastical or civil careers, military service, political power, and sensual pleasures. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bishop Moraglia highlights the specific dramatic function of this introduction: it is not merely a moralistic interlude, but a powerful element of contrast. While society and the entire world are caught up in the frenzy of accumulation, possession, and individual self-assertion, Francis bursts onto the scene by deliberately choosing non-possession, humility, and self-emptying. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is here that Dante\u2019s geography becomes prophecy. The poet describes the location of Assisi, nestled on the slope of Mount Subasio between the Tupino River and the waters flowing down from the hill of Saint Ubaldo. There, where the earth first receives the morning rays, a new and brighter star rises for Christendom. For this reason, Dante notes, that place should not be called simply Assisi (or \u201cAscesi\u201d), but rather \u201cOriente.\u201d Francis is the new sun rising to warm a Church and a society threatened by institutional rigidity and spiritual coldness. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":22145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2197],"tags":[3321,3304,2055,3319,1999],"class_list":["post-22178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crux-en","tag-biennale","tag-moraglia","tag-patriarch","tag-st-francis","tag-venice"],"acf":{"categoria":[2197],"categoria_source":{"label":"Category","type":"taxonomy","formatted_value":[{"term_id":2197,"name":"Crux","slug":"crux-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2197,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw"}]},"sottotitolo_h2":"Bishop Moraglia analyzes the verses from Dante\u2019s *Inferno* that focus on St. Francis: \u201cHow can we preserve a source when it becomes an institution? The answer is not a nostalgic return to the past; it is creative fidelity, capable of always expressing the Gospel in the present day.\u201d","sottotitolo_h2_source":{"label":"Subtitle","type":"text","formatted_value":"Bishop Moraglia analyzes the verses from Dante\u2019s *Inferno* that focus on St. Francis: \u201cHow can we preserve a source when it becomes an institution? The answer is not a nostalgic return to the past; it is creative fidelity, capable of always expressing the Gospel in the present day.\u201d"},"immagini_principale":{"ID":22145,"id":22145,"title":"patr dante","filename":"patr-dante.jpeg","filesize":474003,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-patriarch-the-sun-of-assisi-and-the-light-of-poverty\/patr-dante-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"patr-dante-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22178,"date":"2026-10-09 09:45:46","modified":"2026-10-11 12:03:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1707,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-768x576.jpeg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":576,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-768x576.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":600,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-1536x1152.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1707,"2048x2048-height":1280,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-1320x990.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":990}},"immagini_principale_source":{"label":"Main images","type":"image","formatted_value":{"ID":22145,"id":22145,"title":"patr dante","filename":"patr-dante.jpeg","filesize":474003,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-patriarch-the-sun-of-assisi-and-the-light-of-poverty\/patr-dante-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"patr-dante-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22178,"date":"2026-10-09 09:45:46","modified":"2026-10-11 12:03:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1707,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-768x576.jpeg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":576,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-768x576.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":600,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-1536x1152.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1707,"2048x2048-height":1280,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/patr-dante-1320x990.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":990}}},"introduzione":"How does a historical and spiritual figure become a turning point for culture, society, and the Church in every age? And how does Dante\u2019s poetry manage to capture the essence of a revolution based on the total stripping away of the self? The Patriarch of Venice, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, sought to answer these questions during his address on Tuesday, October 6, in the Sala delle Colonne at Ca\u2019 Giustinian, as part of the \u201cBiennale della parola.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\nThe event, titled \u201cOn the High Seas for a Clear Sign: Dante\u2019s Canticle for Francis,\u201d began with a lecture on Canto XI of Dante\u2019s *Paradiso* to offer a comprehensive and profound reflection on the theme \u201cFrancis: Poverty Made Life.\u201d The Patriarch led the audience to the heart of the Divine Comedy, where theology becomes dramatic narrative and the Gospel teaching is transformed into concrete action, highlighting the revolutionary and untamed spirit of the Poverello of Assisi. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\nMonsignor Moraglia\u2019s analysis began with the structural placement of the canto within the Third Canticle. We find ourselves in the Heaven of the Sun, the abode of the wise spirits, where the poet is welcomed by a wreath of dancing lights. At the center of this circle stands St. Thomas Aquinas, a pillar of the Dominican Order, who takes the floor to deliver a solemn eulogy for St. Francis. <\/span><\/span>\n\nThe Patriarch emphasized the pedagogical and symbolic value of this poetic structure: Dante forges a \u201cfraternal exchange\u201d between the two great mendicant orders of the 13th century. In Canto XI, it is the Dominican Thomas who sings the praises of the founder of the Franciscans; in Canto XII, the exact opposite occurs, with the Franciscan Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio called upon to celebrate the greatness of Saint Dominic. <\/span><\/span>\n\nAs mentioned in the speech, Dante transposes to the heavenly realm a custom deeply rooted in the Florence of that era: On October 4, for the feast of St. Francis, a Dominican friar would deliver a eulogy for the \u201cPoverello\u201d in the Basilica of Santa Croce, while on August 5, it was the turn of a Franciscan to celebrate St. Dominic at Santa Maria Novella. Far from any fruitless rivalry, the two orders and their respective founders are presented as \u201ctwo princes\u201d whom Providence has given to the Church to heal it from within: Dominic through the rigorous clarity of doctrine and the defense of the faith, Francis through radical imitation and the lived witness of the Gospel. <\/span><\/span>\n\nBefore delving into the story of Francis, Dante\u2019s canto opens with a scathing invective against the wretchedness of human concerns. Men, Thomas observes, toil and squander their energy in pursuit of fleeting goals: financial gain, ecclesiastical or civil careers, military service, political power, and sensual pleasures. <\/span><\/span>\n\nBishop Moraglia highlights the specific dramatic function of this introduction: it is not merely a moralistic interlude, but a powerful element of contrast. While society and the entire world are caught up in the frenzy of accumulation, possession, and individual self-assertion, Francis bursts onto the scene by deliberately choosing non-possession, humility, and self-emptying. <\/span><\/span>\n\nIt is here that Dante\u2019s geography becomes prophecy. The poet describes the location of Assisi, nestled on the slope of Mount Subasio between the Tupino River and the waters flowing down from the hill of Saint Ubaldo. There, where the earth first receives the morning rays, a new and brighter star rises for Christendom. For this reason, Dante notes, that place should not be called simply Assisi (or \u201cAscesi\u201d), but rather \u201cOriente.\u201d Francis is the new sun rising to warm a Church and a society threatened by institutional rigidity and spiritual coldness. <\/span><\/span>","introduzione_source":{"label":"Introduction","type":"wysiwyg","formatted_value":"

How does a historical and spiritual figure become a turning point for culture, society, and the Church in every age? And how does Dante\u2019s poetry manage to capture the essence of a revolution based on the total stripping away of the self? The Patriarch of Venice, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, sought to answer these questions during his address on Tuesday, October 6, in the Sala delle Colonne at Ca\u2019 Giustinian, as part of the \u201cBiennale della parola.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The event, titled \u201cOn the High Seas for a Clear Sign: Dante\u2019s Canticle for Francis,\u201d began with a lecture on Canto XI of Dante\u2019s *Paradiso* to offer a comprehensive and profound reflection on the theme \u201cFrancis: Poverty Made Life.\u201d The Patriarch led the audience to the heart of the Divine Comedy, where theology becomes dramatic narrative and the Gospel teaching is transformed into concrete action, highlighting the revolutionary and untamed spirit of the Poverello of Assisi. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Monsignor Moraglia\u2019s analysis began with the structural placement of the canto within the Third Canticle. We find ourselves in the Heaven of the Sun, the abode of the wise spirits, where the poet is welcomed by a wreath of dancing lights. At the center of this circle stands St. Thomas Aquinas, a pillar of the Dominican Order, who takes the floor to deliver a solemn eulogy for St. Francis. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Patriarch emphasized the pedagogical and symbolic value of this poetic structure: Dante forges a \u201cfraternal exchange\u201d between the two great mendicant orders of the 13th century. In Canto XI, it is the Dominican Thomas who sings the praises of the founder of the Franciscans; in Canto XII, the exact opposite occurs, with the Franciscan Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio called upon to celebrate the greatness of Saint Dominic. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As mentioned in the speech, Dante transposes to the heavenly realm a custom deeply rooted in the Florence of that era: On October 4, for the feast of St. Francis, a Dominican friar would deliver a eulogy for the \u201cPoverello\u201d in the Basilica of Santa Croce, while on August 5, it was the turn of a Franciscan to celebrate St. Dominic at Santa Maria Novella. Far from any fruitless rivalry, the two orders and their respective founders are presented as \u201ctwo princes\u201d whom Providence has given to the Church to heal it from within: Dominic through the rigorous clarity of doctrine and the defense of the faith, Francis through radical imitation and the lived witness of the Gospel. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Before delving into the story of Francis, Dante\u2019s canto opens with a scathing invective against the wretchedness of human concerns. Men, Thomas observes, toil and squander their energy in pursuit of fleeting goals: financial gain, ecclesiastical or civil careers, military service, political power, and sensual pleasures. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bishop Moraglia highlights the specific dramatic function of this introduction: it is not merely a moralistic interlude, but a powerful element of contrast. While society and the entire world are caught up in the frenzy of accumulation, possession, and individual self-assertion, Francis bursts onto the scene by deliberately choosing non-possession, humility, and self-emptying. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is here that Dante\u2019s geography becomes prophecy. The poet describes the location of Assisi, nestled on the slope of Mount Subasio between the Tupino River and the waters flowing down from the hill of Saint Ubaldo. There, where the earth first receives the morning rays, a new and brighter star rises for Christendom. For this reason, Dante notes, that place should not be called simply Assisi (or \u201cAscesi\u201d), but rather \u201cOriente.\u201d Francis is the new sun rising to warm a Church and a society threatened by institutional rigidity and spiritual coldness. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},"paragrafi_articolo":[{"titolo_paragrafo":"The Scandalous Marriage to Poverty","testo_paragrafo":"The theological and poetic culmination of the Patriarch\u2019s address concerns the personification of Poverty. For Dante\u2014and for Francis before him\u2014poverty is not merely an ascetic theory, a form of social hardship, or economic deprivation: it is a bride. <\/span><\/span>\n\nShe is the female figure of Our Lady of Poverty, who remained a widow and was despised for over a thousand years after the death of her first husband, Jesus Christ. No one sought her out or desired her anymore, until the very young Francis decided to unite himself with her through a public and groundbreaking act. His renunciation of the possessions of his father, Pietro di Bernardone, before the bishop of Assisi and his own community, was neither a performance nor a gesture of \u201creverse patronage,\u201d but a \u201cscandalous marriage\u201d that broke with the logic of the world. <\/span><\/span>\n\nBy choosing poverty, Francis rediscovers and reaffirms the true \u201cforma Christi.\u201d The Patriarch clarifies a fundamental point to avoid any ideological misunderstanding: Franciscan poverty is by no means synonymous with the cult of misery or suffering for its own sake. It is, above all, synonymous with absolute freedom. Owning nothing as his exclusive property allows Francis to view reality with eyes free from domination and selfishness: only those stripped of the desire for possession can discover universal brotherhood, coming to call every creature \u201cbrother\u201d and \u201csister\u201d\u2014from the least of these to lepers, and even the elements of creation. <\/span><\/span>\n\nAnother crucial aspect of the reflection presented at Ca\u2019 Giustinian concerns Francis\u2019s relationship with the Gospel and the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The Poverello neither invents a new doctrine nor proposes a complex exegesis: he lives the Gospel sine glossa\u2014that is, literally, without qualifications, shortcuts, or intellectual compromises. <\/span><\/span>\n\nHis path, however, was not one of rebellion. Although his choice challenged and shook the wealth and compromises of the ecclesiastical institutions of the time, Francis categorically refused to become a leader of the opposition or to found an \u201calternative\u201d Church. Instead, he sought Rome\u2019s endorsement: he went to Pope Innocent III to obtain initial verbal recognition and, subsequently, to Pope Honorius III for the solemn approval of the Rule. <\/span><\/span>\n\nHere, Dante demonstrates an extraordinary synthesis of evangelical freedom and ecclesial obedience. Francis\u2019s personal charism does not remain a private or anarchic experience, but enters into a profound dialogue with the universal Church to purify and evangelize it from within. This same missionary impulse will lead him, unarmed and without any claim to conquest, right before Sultan Al-Malik al-Kamil. <\/span><\/span>\n\nThe culmination of this journey of conformity to Christ takes place on Mount La Verna, where, in 1224, Francis received the stigmata. For Dante, the signs of the Passion imprinted on the Saint\u2019s body do not represent a spectacular miracle, but rather the final, definitive \u201cseal\u201d by which Christ himself acknowledges the absolute fidelity of his servant. Right up to his final act: his death on the bare ground near the Porziuncola, where Francis entrusted to his brothers his one true legacy\u2014Poverty\u2014before commending his soul to God. <\/span><\/span>","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":22147,"id":22147,"title":"cult3 dante bis","filename":"cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","filesize":1113648,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-patriarch-the-sun-of-assisi-and-the-light-of-poverty\/cult3-dante-bis-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"cult3-dante-bis-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22178,"date":"2026-10-09 09:48:27","modified":"2026-10-11 12:03:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1408,"height":768,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-768x419.jpeg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":419,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-768x419.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":419,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":436,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1408,"1536x1536-height":768,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1408,"2048x2048-height":768,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-1320x720.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":720}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"The Critique of Decadence and the Timeless Relevance of the Message","testo_paragrafo":"In the final part of his speech, Patriarch Moraglia focuses on the polemical turn with which Thomas Aquinas concludes Canto XI. After singing the hymn to Francis, the great Dominican theologian turns his gaze to his own Order and bitterly denounces its decline. <\/span><\/span>\n\nUsing the famous metaphor of the \u201cpecuglio\u201d (the flock), Thomas condemns the Dominican friars who, greedy for \u201cnova vivanda\u201d (that is, careers, worldly ambitions, power, and lifeless philosophical subtleties), scatter across steep pastures (\u201cvarious leaps\u201d), returning to the fold devoid of spiritual milk. Very few now cling to the shepherd, keeping their habit intact and remaining faithful to the original charism. <\/span><\/span>\n\nBonaventura will make a similar indictment in Canto XII regarding the deviations of the Franciscan Order, which was internally divided between laxists and extreme rigorists. This critical symmetry demonstrates Dante\u2019s profound modernity: the celebration of the sanctity of the past is not meant to indulge in nostalgia or to create a museum of memories, but rather serves as a stern and demanding examination of conscience for the present. <\/span><\/span>\n\nIn concluding his remarks before the Venetian audience, Monsignor Moraglia noted that Dante\u2019s portrayal of Francis remains a living work, capable of stirring consciences even more than eight centuries after his death. Francis\u2019s life does not offer a consolatory or convenient form of religiosity; it poses an open and radical question to every believer and to the institutions of every age: How much are we willing to risk personally to remain faithful to the essence of the Gospel? <\/span><\/span>","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":22149,"id":22149,"title":"cult3 dante patriarca","filename":"cult3-dante-patriarca.jpeg","filesize":230823,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-patriarca.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-patriarch-the-sun-of-assisi-and-the-light-of-poverty\/cult3-dante-patriarca-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"Il Patriarca a Ca\u2019 Giustinian, per la serata su San Francesco in Dante. 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Actress Lucilla Giagnoni read several verses from *The Divine Comedy* (pictured with Monsignor Moraglia). "}],"paragrafi_articolo_source":{"label":"Article Paragraphs","type":"repeater","formatted_value":[{"titolo_paragrafo":"The Scandalous Marriage to Poverty","testo_paragrafo":"

The theological and poetic culmination of the Patriarch\u2019s address concerns the personification of Poverty. For Dante\u2014and for Francis before him\u2014poverty is not merely an ascetic theory, a form of social hardship, or economic deprivation: it is a bride. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She is the female figure of Our Lady of Poverty, who remained a widow and was despised for over a thousand years after the death of her first husband, Jesus Christ. No one sought her out or desired her anymore, until the very young Francis decided to unite himself with her through a public and groundbreaking act. His renunciation of the possessions of his father, Pietro di Bernardone, before the bishop of Assisi and his own community, was neither a performance nor a gesture of \u201creverse patronage,\u201d but a \u201cscandalous marriage\u201d that broke with the logic of the world. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By choosing poverty, Francis rediscovers and reaffirms the true \u201cforma Christi.\u201d The Patriarch clarifies a fundamental point to avoid any ideological misunderstanding: Franciscan poverty is by no means synonymous with the cult of misery or suffering for its own sake. It is, above all, synonymous with absolute freedom. Owning nothing as his exclusive property allows Francis to view reality with eyes free from domination and selfishness: only those stripped of the desire for possession can discover universal brotherhood, coming to call every creature \u201cbrother\u201d and \u201csister\u201d\u2014from the least of these to lepers, and even the elements of creation. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Another crucial aspect of the reflection presented at Ca\u2019 Giustinian concerns Francis\u2019s relationship with the Gospel and the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The Poverello neither invents a new doctrine nor proposes a complex exegesis: he lives the Gospel sine glossa\u2014that is, literally, without qualifications, shortcuts, or intellectual compromises. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

His path, however, was not one of rebellion. Although his choice challenged and shook the wealth and compromises of the ecclesiastical institutions of the time, Francis categorically refused to become a leader of the opposition or to found an \u201calternative\u201d Church. Instead, he sought Rome\u2019s endorsement: he went to Pope Innocent III to obtain initial verbal recognition and, subsequently, to Pope Honorius III for the solemn approval of the Rule. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here, Dante demonstrates an extraordinary synthesis of evangelical freedom and ecclesial obedience. Francis\u2019s personal charism does not remain a private or anarchic experience, but enters into a profound dialogue with the universal Church to purify and evangelize it from within. This same missionary impulse will lead him, unarmed and without any claim to conquest, right before Sultan Al-Malik al-Kamil. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The culmination of this journey of conformity to Christ takes place on Mount La Verna, where, in 1224, Francis received the stigmata. For Dante, the signs of the Passion imprinted on the Saint\u2019s body do not represent a spectacular miracle, but rather the final, definitive \u201cseal\u201d by which Christ himself acknowledges the absolute fidelity of his servant. Right up to his final act: his death on the bare ground near the Porziuncola, where Francis entrusted to his brothers his one true legacy\u2014Poverty\u2014before commending his soul to God. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","multimedia":"immagine","video":null,"immagine_paragrafo":{"ID":22147,"id":22147,"title":"cult3 dante bis","filename":"cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","filesize":1113648,"url":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/en\/the-patriarch-the-sun-of-assisi-and-the-light-of-poverty\/cult3-dante-bis-2\/","alt":"","author":"89","description":"","caption":"","name":"cult3-dante-bis-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":22178,"date":"2026-10-09 09:48:27","modified":"2026-10-11 12:03:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1408,"height":768,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-768x419.jpeg","medium-width":768,"medium-height":419,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-768x419.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":419,"large":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","large-width":800,"large-height":436,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1408,"1536x1536-height":768,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1408,"2048x2048-height":768,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":"https:\/\/www.gvperte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cult3-dante-bis-1320x720.jpeg","mailpoet_newsletter_max-width":1320,"mailpoet_newsletter_max-height":720}},"didascalia":""},{"titolo_paragrafo":"The Critique of Decadence and the Timeless Relevance of the Message","testo_paragrafo":"

In the final part of his speech, Patriarch Moraglia focuses on the polemical turn with which Thomas Aquinas concludes Canto XI. After singing the hymn to Francis, the great Dominican theologian turns his gaze to his own Order and bitterly denounces its decline. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Using the famous metaphor of the \u201cpecuglio\u201d (the flock), Thomas condemns the Dominican friars who, greedy for \u201cnova vivanda\u201d (that is, careers, worldly ambitions, power, and lifeless philosophical subtleties), scatter across steep pastures (\u201cvarious leaps\u201d), returning to the fold devoid of spiritual milk. Very few now cling to the shepherd, keeping their habit intact and remaining faithful to the original charism. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bonaventura will make a similar indictment in Canto XII regarding the deviations of the Franciscan Order, which was internally divided between laxists and extreme rigorists. This critical symmetry demonstrates Dante\u2019s profound modernity: the celebration of the sanctity of the past is not meant to indulge in nostalgia or to create a museum of memories, but rather serves as a stern and demanding examination of conscience for the present. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In concluding his remarks before the Venetian audience, Monsignor Moraglia noted that Dante\u2019s portrayal of Francis remains a living work, capable of stirring consciences even more than eight centuries after his death. 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