Commentary Par XXII 50-51

It sounds as though Benedict is readying himself to give a denunciation of the corruption of his order, in the style of Peter Damian ([Par XXI 130-135]); however, Dante interrupts him with a surprising question, one that detains him for some time; he will deliver his broadside only at [Par XXII 73-96].

See Ilari (Ilar.1989.1) for the view that Dante's sense of the purpose of the monastic life, particularly in its Benedictine form, was shaped by the sense of monasticism that he found in the writings of Joachim of Flora.