Editing Simony (section)

===In literature===
[[File:DvinfernoPopeNicholasIII m.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|[[Dante]] speaks to [[Pope Nicholas III]], committed to the ''[[Hell|Inferno]]'' for his simony, in [[Gustave Doré]]'s 1861 [[wood engraving]] (portrait of the [[Malebolge#The Ten Bolgias|Third Bolgia]] of the Eighth Circle of Hell)]]

In the 14th century, [[Dante Alighieri]] depicted the punishment of many "clergymen, and popes and cardinals" in hell for being [[Greed|avaricious]] or miserly.<ref>''[[Inferno (Dante)#Fourth Circle (Greed)|Inferno]]'', Canto VII, line 47, Mandelbaum translation.</ref>

He also criticised certain popes and other simoniacs:<ref>''[[Inferno (Dante)#cite ref-DLS18 77-4|Inferno]]'', Canto XIX, lines 2–6, Mandelbaum translation</ref>

{{poemquote|Rapacious ones, who take the things of God,
that ought to be the brides of Righteousness,
and make them fornicate for gold and silver!
The time has come to let the trumpet sound
for you; ...}}