THE final canto of Danteâ??s â??Paradisoâ? opens with euphoric praise not for the Son or the Father or even the Spirit, but the Mother:
Virgin mother, daughter of your son
Humbler and higher than any other creatureâ?¦
You are she who so ennobled human nature
That natureâ??s very maker did not disdain
To himself be made by you.
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