We thus find here many of the great heroes, thinkers, and creative minds of ancient Greece and Rome as well as such medieval non-Christians as Saladin, Sultan of Egypt in the late twelfth century, and the great Islamic philosophers Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Averroës (Ibn Rushd). Dante's Limbo-technically the first circle of hell-includes virtuous non-Christian adults in addition to unbaptized infants. 3 Limbo The concept of Limbo-a region on the edge of hell for those who are not saved even though they did not sin-exists in Christian theology by Dante's time, but the poet's version of this region is more generous than most.
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