I PARCHI LETTERARI® IN CALABRIA “JOURNEYS TO THE FUTURE OF MEMORY” - I PARCHI LETTERARI IN SILA - GIOACCHINO DA FIORE

Dante Alighieri, in the Divine Comedy, placed Gioacchino da Fiore in the fourth circle of Paradise, in the second ring, among the “Knowing Spirits”.

A great Calabrian spirit, born and raised in the heart of Sila. From Celico, where he was born around 1130, to Cosenza, Luzzi, at the Sambucina Monastery, Corazzo, where he became a priest and Abbot, Pietralata, San Giovanni in Fiore, where he built the Protocenobio, and finally Pietrafitta, where he died in 1202.

More than anyone else, Gioacchino da Fiore represents Sila, the places that inspired him and allowed him to develop his philosophy, becoming one of the most interesting figures of Medieval Christianity. His works have often been quoted and used and today he is known as one of the great teachers of European civilisation.