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In the 13th Canto of the Paradiso Thomas AquinasThomas v. Aquin speaks of the two persons who were created immediately by the Trinity, and in whom therefore human nature reached its highest perfection:

Però se ’l caldo amor la chiara vista

de la prima virtù dispone e segna

tutta la perfezion quivi s’acquista

Cosi fu fatta già la terra degna

di tutta l’animal perfezione;

cosi fu fatta la Vergine pregna:

Si ch’io commendo la tua opinione

che l’umana natura mai non fue

ne fia qual fu in quelle due persone. (vv. 79–87)

These two persons are Adam and Christ; this is evident, and has been almost universally acknowledged.29 We have to deal here with Christ the man, l’uom che nacque e visse senza pecca (Inf. 34, 115). It may be interesting to note that DanteDante not only followed the general tradition in his treatment of the theme Adam-Christ, but that he even had models for the special development of the figure terra-Maria. On this matter, there is the following statement in the Allegoriae in Vetus Testamentum, cap. VII (Appendix to Opera Hugonis de Sancto VictoreHugo v. St. Victor, Patr. Lat., CLXXV, 639):