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| Toynbee "Cacciaguida, summarized entry" |
the great-great-grandfather of D., of whose
life nothing is known beyond what D. himself tells us; viz. that
he
was born in Florence
([Par. xv. 130-133]) in the Sesto di Porta san
Piero
([Par. xvi. 40-42]) about the year 1090
([Par. xvi. 34-39]); that he
belonged (possibly) to the Elisei, one of the old Florentine
families which boasted Roman descent
([Par. xv. 136];
[Par. xvi. 40]); that
he was baptized in the baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence
([Par. xv. 134-135]); that he had two brothers, Moronto and
Eliseo ([Par. xv. 136]);
that his wife came from the valley of the Po, and that from her,
through his son, D. got his surname of Alighieri
([Par. xv. 91-94],
[Par. xv. 137-138]); that he followed the Emperor Conrad III on
the Second
Crusade, and was knighted by him
([Par. xv. 139-144]), and finally that he
fell fighting against the infidel about the year 1147
([Par. xv. 145-148]).
D. places Cacciaguida in the Heaven of Mars among those who fought
for the faith (Spiviti Militanti),
[Par. xv. 135]; his
spirit is spoken of as astro,
[Par. xv. 20]; gemma,
[Par. xv. 22]; lume,
[Par. xv. 31, 52]; spirto,
[Par. xv. 38];
luce,
[Par. xvi. 30]
[Par. xvii. 28, 121]; santa lampa,
[Par. xvii. 5]; anima santa,
[Par. xvii. 101]; specchio beato,
[Par. xviii. 2]; fulgor santo,
[Par. xviii. 25]; el,
[Par. xviii. 28]; alma,
[Par. xviii. 50]; he is addressed by D. as vivo
topazio,
[Par. xv. 85]; voi,
[Par. xvi. 16],
[Par. xvi. 17],
[Par. xvi. 18];
padre mio,
[Par. xvi. 16],
[Par. xvii. 106]; cara mia primizia,
[Par. xvi. 22]; cara piota mia,
[Par. xvii. 13], and
referred to by him as amor paterno,
[Par. xvii. 35]; il mio tesoro,
[Par. xvii. 121]; he addresses D. as sanguis meus,
[Par. xv. 28]; figlio,
[Par. xv. 52];
[Par. xvii. 94]; fronda mia,
[Par. xv. 88], speaking of himself as la tua radice,
[Par. xv. 89]; and refers to him as il mio seme,
[Par. xv. 48].
Cacciaguida(Long Entry)
©Oxford University Press 1968. From A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Toynbee
(1968) by permission of Oxford University Press