Rinier da Corneto

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In the twelfth canto of the Inferno, within the seventh ditch dedicated to the violent against their neighbors, Dante includes a list of road robbers who are boiled in blood by a centaur. The note to verse 137 recalls that Rinier da Corneto is named by Dante together with Rinier Pazzo: "a Rinier da Corneto, a Rinier Pazzo." The anchor verses and the notes provided attest exclusively to the mention of the name in the context of Canto XII of the Inferno, without further biographical elements, specifications on the period to which he belonged, or identifying details drawn from authorized sources.