Sid and Valis,
You're both right. Dante casts Pope Celestino V's self-avowed 'neutrality'
as hypocritical. Pope Celestino V, who resigned in 1294 - "the great refusal."
Inferno, Canto III, line 58
When I had recognized a few of them,
I saw and knew the shadow of that man
Who out of cowardice made the great refusal.
I understood at once beyond all doubt
That this was the miserable and useless gang
Of those who please neither God nor his enemies.
Regards,
Tom Walker
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