Infangato

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In the sixteenth canto of the Paradiso, Cacciaguida ironically recalls the families that derived wealth from the administration of ecclesiastical goods during the vacant sees, grouping them together with that of the Lamberti. Among the examples of citizens once great for their deeds, then dedicated to looking after their own interests in the consistory, Infangato is mentioned, cited alongside Giuda in a list of fathers of Florentine families. The authorized notes place the passage within Dante's polemic against the families that prospered thanks to the management of the revenues of the bishopric, without providing further biographical elements on the figure. His mention is part of the survey of ancient Florentine citizens that Cacciaguida proposes as a virtuous example by contrast with the corrupt Florence of Dante's time.