La «poetica della fede» nella Commedia.

This article seeks to investigate the relationship between poetry and faith in the Dante's Commedia and, in particular, in the Paradiso. Taking a cue from the prologue of XXV canto, in which the protagonist Dante expresses the hope of returning to his Florence and there, on the baptismal font, of receiving the poetic crown for the merits of his "sacred poem", we try to enhance and verify the relationship referred to canto XXIV, consecrated to the examination of faith. What appears as a scholastic quaestio turns out to be a vigorous and vibrant proclamation of faith by the poet. Not unlike David, cantor of the Holy Spirit, the protagonist feels inspired by God and invested with a sacred and prophetic mission: to confirm men and women in hope and show them the way to go, after having contemplated the heavenly realities. In reality, Dante's poetry is inseparable and incomprehensible without this vital, intimate relationship with a faith, which feels deeply and firmly about him. The Dante poet is the Dante prophet and vice versa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]