person
Pope Nicholas III
Nicholas III
also: Nikolaus der Dritte
Pope (r. 1277-80) whom Dante places among the simoniacs in Inferno XIX, fixed head-down with flames on his feet---Rilke's 'weeping feet.'
Reading notes
- Auguste Rodin §17 Nicholas the Third
Pope (r. 1277-80) set head-down among the simoniacs in Dante's Inferno XIX, flames playing on his feet---the 'weeping feet' Rilke recalls.