Uguiccione

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Uguiccione appears by name in verse 89 of Canto XXXIII of the Inferno, where Dante evokes novella Tebe, Uguiccione, and Brigata. The authorized note to Canto XXXIII reconstructs the context of the scene: it is built around the suffering of Count Ugolino and his sons, with the Pisan people indicated as responsible for a sudden accusation that brought ruin to the family. The same note clarifies that the betrayal for which Ugolino is placed in the last circle is not the handing over of the castles, but the about-face with which he betrayed Nino Visconti by coming to an agreement with Archbishop Ubaldini, according to the version accepted by Dante. The name Uguiccione thus remains anchored to this collective evocation of the slaughter in the tower, without further biographical details derivable from the verses provided.