14 Jan, 2026
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St. Francis inspired the Inferno, says professor

ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER A distinguished professor of medieval history said during a Nov. 17 lecture that Dante Alighieri’s great “Divine Comedy” was greatly influenced by St. Francis of Assisi and used Dante’s text to support his claim. Professor William R. Cook, formerly of the State University of New York, Geneseo, said that in […]