Commentary Purg XIV 20-21

Dante's modesty here is gainsaid by his previous inclusion among the great poets of all time in [Inf IV 100-102].  There are those who claim that in 1300 he had not indeed become particularly famous and that this is the reason for his modesty here.  It would rather seem to be that he is keeping in mind the lessons in humility he has just learned on the last terrace.  Further, he clearly expects that fame will one day find him.  However, the only time his name is used in the Commedia it is spoken, not for praise, but in denunciation of his disloyalty by Beatrice ([Purg XXX 55]).