Eliseo

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Eliseo is mentioned by Cacciaguida in Canto XV of the Paradiso, within the list of his ancestors. The verse indicates him as the brother of Moronto, with the formula «Moronto fu mio frate ed Eliseo», which places him in the genealogy traced by Dante's ancestor. The name appears alongside those of Corso Donati and that of the «buon Lizio» and Arrigo Manardi, figures praised for the simple and faithful life led within the walls of ancient Florence. The note on the passage also specifies that the identity of Cacciaguida, Dante's great-great-grandfather, is linked to a city hagiographic tradition, and that the poet here briefly summarizes his own life, almost entirely marked by a pure and strong living within the Florentine walls. No further biographical, chronological, or toponymic data on Eliseo emerge from the verses and the authorized notes.