iger , ▁he ▁produced ▁a ▁quarter ly ▁publication ▁entitled ▁“ T riv ium . ▁Schweizer ische ▁V iert el j ah ress ch rift ▁für ▁Literatur wissenschaft ▁und ▁St il k rit ik ” ▁( ” T riv ium : ▁Swiss ▁quarter ly ▁journal ▁for ▁literary ▁knowledge ▁and ▁criticism “) ▁ ▁Spo er ri ▁held ▁an ▁honor ary ▁doctor ate ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Gene va ▁( 1 9 5 0 ). ▁▁ ▁He ▁published ▁several ▁ess ays ▁on ▁D ante ▁Al igh ieri , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁holder ▁of ▁the ▁Golden ▁D ante - Med al ▁( F lor ence ▁ 1 9 6 2 ). ▁ ▁Spo er ri ' s ▁religious ▁up br ing ing ▁gave ▁him ▁a ▁powerful ▁religious , ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁commit ment . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁he ▁joined ▁with ▁others ▁to ▁form ▁an ▁anti - N azi ▁organisation ▁called ▁the ▁Got th ard ▁League , ▁becoming ▁its ▁first ▁president . ▁▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Neue ▁Hel vet ische ▁Gesellschaft ▁( New ▁Hel vet ic ▁Society ) ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Group ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁Mor al ▁Re - Arm ament ▁movement ▁that ▁grew ▁out ▁of ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁strong ▁religious ▁element ▁in ▁his ▁make - up ▁was ▁also ▁apparent ▁in ▁his ▁academic ▁research ▁work ▁which ▁covered ▁writers ▁such ▁as ▁Bla ise ▁Pascal , ▁Jean ▁R ac ine , ▁D ante ▁Al igh ieri , ▁Lud ov ico ▁Ari osto ▁und ▁Tor qu ato ▁T asso . ▁