Podestadi

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In canto XXVIII of the Paradiso, at verse 123, Dante explicitly mentions «the third order of Podestadi» as part of the celestial procession that crosses the Heaven of the Principalities. The term 'Podestadi' is the form the poet uses to indicate the Powers (Podestà), one of the three angelic triads of Christian tradition, which carry out a liturgical celebration in the poem. Authoritative sources provide no further biographical or theological details on this collective figure, limiting themselves to confirming its textual presence and its belonging to the third angelic order within the context of the Heaven of the Principalities.