User:Teklae/Saint Lucy

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In the Purgatorio IX:52–63, Lucy carries the sleeping Dante to the entrance to purgatory. Since Lucy represents light, her appearance in Purgatorio IX mirrors her appearance in Inferno II; both times she carries him out of darkness. Lucia's light symbolism also explains why Dante tells this evening scene in Purgatorio IX through the lens of the dawn. She carries him both out of the literal darkness to a new day, as well as the figurative darkness to lead him to salvation.