Divine Comedy Reading Schedule
Ben's Lenten and Easter season schedule for reading Dante's The Divine Comedy (original here). This page updates automatically to the current year.
Reading Schedule
Lent
| Due Date | Reading | Location | Subject |
| Ash Wednesday, February 14 | Inferno I-III | Introduction | |
| Inferno IV | Circle 1 | Limbo | |
| Inferno V | Circle 2 | The Lustful | |
| Inferno VI | Circle 3 | The Gluttons | |
| Inferno VII | Circle 4 & 5 | The Hoarders and Wasters | |
| Inferno VIII-IX | Circle 5 | The Wrathful and Sullen | |
| February 23 | Inferno X-XI | Circle 6 | The Heretics |
| Inferno XII | Circle 7, Round 1 | The Violent Against Others | |
| Inferno XIII | Circle 7, Round 2 | The Violent Against Self | |
| Inferno XIV-XVII | Circle 7, Round 3 | The Violent Against God | |
| Inferno XVIII | Circle 8, Bolgia 1 & 2 | The Seducers and Panderers/The Flatterers | |
| Inferno XIX | Circle 8, Bolgia 3 | The Simoniacs | |
| Inferno XX | Circle 8, Bolgia 4 | The Fortune Tellers and Diviners | |
| March 1 | Inferno XXI-XXII | Circle 8, Bolgia 5 | The Grafters |
| Inferno XXIII | Circle 8, Bolgia 6 | The Hypocrites | |
| Inferno XXIV-XV | Circle 8, Bolgia 7 | The Thieves | |
| Inferno XXVI-XXVII | Circle 8, Bolgia 8 | The Evil Counselors | |
| Inferno XXVIII | Circle 8, Bolgia 9 | The Sowers of Discord | |
| Inferno XXIX-XXX | Circle 8, Bolgia 10 | The Falsifiers | |
| Inferno XXXI-XXXII | Circle 9, Round 1 | The Treacherous to Kin | |
| Inferno XXXII-XXXIII | Circle 9, Round 2 | The Treacherous to Country | |
| Inferno XXXIII | Circle 9, Round 3 | The Treacherous to Guests and Hosts | |
| March 8 | Inferno XXXIV | Circle 9, Round 4 | The Treacherous to Lords and Benefactors |
| Purgatorio I-V | Ante-Purgatory | ||
| March 15 | Purgatorio VI-IX | Valley of Rulers | |
| Purgatorio X-XII | Terrace 1 | Pride | |
| Purgatorio XIII-XV | Terrace 2 | Envy | |
| Purgatorio XV-XVII | Terrace 3 | Wratch | |
| March 22 | Purgatorio XVII-XVIII | Terrace 4 | Sloth |
| Purgatorio XIX-XXII | Terrace 5 | Avarice | |
| Purgatorio XXII-XXIV | Terrace 6 | Gluttony | |
| Good Friday, March 29 | Purgatorio XXV-XXVII | Terrace 7 | Lust |
Easter, March 31
| Due Date | Reading | Location | Subject |
| April 7 | Purgatorio XXVIII-XXXIII | Terrestrial Paradise | |
| Paradiso I-V | Moon | The Inconstant | |
| April 14 | Paradiso V-VII | Mercury | The Ambitious |
| Paradiso VIII-IX | Venus | The Lovers | |
| April 21 | Paradiso X-XIV | Sun | The Wise |
| Paradiso XIV-XVIII | Mars | The Warriors of Faith | |
| April 28 | Paradiso XVIII-XX | Jupiter | The Just Rulers |
| Paradiso XXI-XXII | Saturn | The Contemplatives | |
| May 5 | Paradiso XXII-XXVII | Fixed Stars | Faith, Hope, and Love |
| Paradiso XVIII-XXX | Angelic Orders | ||
| Pentecost, May 19 | Paradiso XXX-XXXIII | Empyrean | The Beatific Vision |