Dante Alighieri - "The Divine Comedy"

Paradiso I

Paradiso I

Paradiso II - III - IV - V

The Virtuous of Faith (blemished by inconstancy)
[ angelic order: angels ]

Piccarda Donati, Empress Constance.

Paradiso V - VI - VII

The Virtuous of Hope (marred by ambition)
[ angelic order: archangels ]

Emperor Justinian, Romieu de Villeneuve.

Paradiso VIII - IX

The Virtuous of Love (tarnished by promiscuity)
[ angelic order: principalities ]

Charles Martel, Cunizza da Romano, Folquet of Marseille, Rahab.

Paradiso X - XI - XII - XIII - XIV

The Virtuous of Prudence (the wise)
[ angelic order: powers ]

In the 1st ring: St Thomas Aquinas (a Dominican), Albertus Magnus, Francesco Graziano, Peter Lombard, King Solomon, Dionysius the Areopagite, Paulus Orosius, Boethius, Isidore of Seville, Venerable Bede, Richard of St Victor, Sigier of Brabant,
In the 2nd ring: St Bonaventure (a Franciscan), Illuminato, Augustine, Hugh of St Victor, Pietro Mangiadoro, Pietro Ispano, Nathan, St John Chrysostom, Anselm, Donatus, Rabanus Maurus, Joachim of Flora.

Paradiso XIV - XV - XVI - XVII - XVIII

The Virtuous of Courage (Hebrew & Christian soldiers)
[ angelic order: virtues ]

In the cross of souls: Cacciaguida, Joshua, Judas Maccabaeus, Charlemagne, Roland, William Duke of Orange, Godfrey of Boulogne, Robert Guiscard.

Paradiso XVIII - XIX - XX

The Virtuous of Justice (just rulers)
[ angelic order: dominations ]

In the eagle of souls: King David, Emperor Trajan, Hezekiah, Emperor Constantine, William II of Hauteville, Ripheus.

Paradiso XXI - XXII

The Virtuous of Moderation (contemplatives)
[ angelic order: thrones ]

On the golden ladder: St Peter Damian (a Benedictine), St Benedict, St Maccarius, St Romoaldus degli Onesti.

Paradiso XXII - XXIII - XXIV - XXV - XXVI - XXVII

The Virtuous of Faith, Hope & Love (the church triumphant)
[ angelic order: cherubim ]

SYMBOLIC SPECTACLE OF THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT,
St Peter, St James the Great, St John, Adam.

Paradiso XXVII - XXVIII - XXIX

[ no souls reside here ] (the angels)
[ angelic order: seraphim ]

SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF GOD.

Paradiso XXX - XXXI - XXXII - XXXIII

The Redeemed (being in possession of all virtues)

(Beatrice resides here),
(Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg destined for this sphere),
St Bernard of Clairvaux, Virgin Mary, Rachel, Sarah, Rebecca, Judith, Ruth, St John the Baptist, St Francis, St Benedict, St Augustine, Angel Gabriel, Adam, St Peter, St John the Evangelist, Moses, Anna, Lucy,
BEATIFIC VISION OF THE TRINITY OF GOD.