Commentary Par IX 61-63

Cunizza concludes her speech by reminding Dante of the actual location of the angelic order of Thrones, 'above,' i.e., just below the Cherubim (and thus third from the highest rank, occupied by the Seraphim).  For the implicit rebuke to Dante, both here and there, see C.Paradiso.VIII.34-39.  Edward Peters ({Pete.1991.1}) points out that Thomas Aquinas associates the order of the Thrones with theologically correct human governance.