Fabricius

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In Purgatorio XX, the souls in procession proclaim a series of examples of virtue; among these, at verse 25, Dante hears the invocation "O buon Fabrizio." The critical note on the same canto clarifies that this example, like that of Saint Nicholas, is adduced to clarify what the virtue truly exalted is: not the material fact of being poor, but total detachment from wealth. The entry limits itself to recording the textual data of the verse in question and the interpretation provided by the authorized note, without adding biographical elements not supported by the sources.