The Sixth Circle of Hell: Heresy
Heresy is the sixth circle of Dante's Hell, described in Cantos IX–XI. It holds heretics, and those who denied the soul outlives the body. The punishment: sealed in open, burning tombs inside the walls of the city of Dis.
The punishment
Sealed in open, burning tombs inside the walls of the city of Dis.
They insisted the body was the end of it, so they get a body's ending forever: a grave, on fire, with the lid off.
Who guards it
The Furies and the walls of Dis; an angel forces the gate.
Who Dante puts here
Named residents of the sixth circle include:
- Farinata degli Uberti
- Epicurus
- Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti
- Pope Anastasius II
The modern read
The circle for the contrarian. The one who has a take on everything and a source for none of it.
Sending someone to Heresy
The friend who starts sentences with "actually" and means it.
Damnation Vacation sells a numbered, permanent plot in one of Dante's nine circles of Hell. You pay $6.66, pick who it's for, name their cardinal sin in twenty characters or fewer, and choose their circle. They get a public gravestone page with their name on it, their plot number, and a counter tracking how many days they've been down there. Heresy is Circle VI, and it has open plots.
Common questions
What is the sixth circle of Hell?
Heresy, described in Cantos IX–XI of Dante's Inferno. It holds heretics, and those who denied the soul outlives the body, whose punishment is: sealed in open, burning tombs inside the walls of the city of Dis.
Which circle of Hell is heresy?
The sixth — Circle VI of nine.
Who guards the sixth circle?
The Furies and the walls of Dis; an angel forces the gate.