He learns that this is Pope Nicholas III, who tells Dante that his two successors will take his place when they die — all three guilty of simony and corruption.

但丁发现此人是教皇尼古拉三世，教皇告诉但丁，他的两位继承者由于受赇并贩卖圣职死后会接替他在地狱的位子。