Commentary Purg I 75

This line is so clear in its prediction of Cato's eventual salvation, when he will receive his glorified body in the general resurrection of the just that will follow the Last Judgment, that one has difficulty accepting Pasquazi's claim that the issue of Cato's salvation is left unresolved (Pasq.1965.1, p. 534).  Pasquazi is closer to the mark than Andreoli (DDP Andreoli.Purg.I.75), who simply denies the possibility that Cato could be saved, arguing that Dante provides no grounds by which we might accept such a view.  This is but another example of how the force of Dante's daring treatment of Cato has escaped his readers.