Real
Brindisi
Brindisi, ancient Brundisium, is recalled by Dante as the place where Virgil died in 19 BC and from which the poet's body was later taken to Naples.
Description
In Purgatorio (III, 27) Dante mentions Brandizio, an old form of Brindisi, indicating it as the city from which Virgil was taken: the Latin poet, the note to the canto recalls, died at Brindisi in 19 BC on his return from a journey to Greece. Only later, by order of Augustus, his remains were transported and buried at Naples, as is also read in Purgatorio VII 6. The note further recalls the Virgilian epitaph reported in the Life by Donatus ("Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc / Parthenope"), where Calabria is indicated as the place that took Virgil from life. The name Brandizio is the medieval italianized form of the Latin Brundisium, used by Dante to designate modern Brindisi.
In the text
Linked verses
1 verses| Cantica | Canto | Verso | Testo | Open verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory | Canto III | 27 | Napoli l’ha, e da Brandizio è tolto. | Open verse |