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Sant'Andrea
Sant'Andrea is the Florentine quarter indicated by Jacopo da Sant'Andrea as his place of origin, cited in Inferno XIII, v. 133, during the episode of the violent against nature in the forest of the suicides.
Description
The toponym Sant'Andrea appears in Inferno XIII, v. 133, where the damned soul, addressing Dante, apostrophizes him with the words "O Iacopo," he said, "da Santo Andrea." The indication serves to identify the Florentine identity of the suicide, placed by Dante in the second zone of the seventh circle, the forest of the suicides, where the spirits are transformed into thorny trees. The notes to Canto XIII specify that in this zone the damned, "naked and scratched," run pursued by black hounds, describing a diabolical hunt that is the contrapasso of the dissipated lives of the squanderers. The episode in which the name is pronounced concerns Iacopo da Sant'Andrea, a native precisely of the Florentine borough of Sant'Andrea.
In the text
Linked verses
1 verses| Cantica | Canto | Verso | Testo | Open verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inferno | Canto XIII | 133 | «O Iacopo», dicea, «da Santo Andrea, | Open verse |