Characters
Characters of the Divine Comedy
Explore the protagonists and figures Dante meets on his journey.
| Personaggio | Tipologia | Menzioni | Versi collegati | Descrizione |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifanti | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Florentine family mentioned by Cacciaguida in the Heaven of Mars, listed among those that were already great in his time in the quarter of the porta Santa Maria. |
| Filippeschi | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Family of Orvieto mentioned by Dante in Purgatorio, cited as an example of the Guelph faction that clashed in the city together with the Monaldi. |
| Filippi | Families and factions | 1 | 2 | Collective figure mentioned by Cacciaguida in the Heaven of Mars, listed among the extinct or decayed Florentine noble lineages. |
| Filippo Argenti | Rulers and nobles | 1 | 1 | Florentine knight of the Adimari, known for his arrogance and pride, placed by Dante among the wrathful in the swamp of the Styx, where he becomes the object of the poet's violent reaction. |
| Fiorentini (bestie fiesolane) | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | The citizens of Florence descended from the rough Fiesolans, likened to beasts that devour one another in the simile opened by Brunetto Latino in Inferno XV 73. |
| Focaccia | Historical | 1 | 1 | Focaccia is mentioned by Dante in Canto XXXII of the Inferno, among the traitors of their own people, alongside the Conti Alberti and other Florentines, in a list that critical notes connect to the Arthurian legend. |
| Folco | Poets and thinkers | 1 | 1 | Folchetto da Marsiglia, a Provençal troubadour and later bishop of Toulouse, placed by Dante in the Heaven of Venus alongside Rahab and Cunizza. |
| Pholus | Mythological | 1 | 1 | Centaur cited by Dante in Canto XII of the Inferno as a member of the patrol of centaurs that escorts the two poets through the seventh circle. |
| Forese | Unclassified | 2 | 2 | A soul recognized by Dante in Purgatory among the gluttonous; his name is indicated as the one to whom alone, among those he meets, Dante names Virgil and Beatrice. |
| Photinus | Popes and clergy | 1 | 1 | Subject of the verse «lo qual trasse Fotin de la via dritta» (Inf. XI 9); identified by the authorized note with the deacon Photinus of Thessalonica, a follower of Acacius. |
| Fra Dolcino | Popes and clergy | 1 | 1 | Leader of a heretical sect, remembered by Muhammad in Inferno XXVIII as a schismatic still living, whose capture by the people of Novara is given as imminent. |
| Francesca | Unclassified | 1 | 1 | Francesca is the woman who speaks to Dante in Canto V of the Inferno, addressing him and confiding her sufferings, and initiating with him the celebrated dialogue on the "sweet thoughts" and the "painful step" that led her and her lover to their death. |
| Francis | Popes and clergy | 2 | 5 | Saint Francis of Assisi is recalled by Dante as the lover of Poverty in the Paradiso and is mentioned among the patriarchs of the second heaven of the Paradiso. |
| Franco Bolognese | Unclassified | 1 | 1 | Franco Bolognese is recalled by Oderisi as the illuminator who «pennelleggia» (brushes) with such skill as to make the pages smile, a sign of the new modern style in the art of manuscript illumination. |
| Fra Gomita | Popes and clergy | 1 | 1 | A barrator recalled by a damned soul in Dante's Inferno; a Sardinian from Gallura, he was vicar of Judge Nino Visconti in the judiciary of the same name and was hanged for corruption. |
| Gabriel | Deity | 2 | 2 | Archangel remembered by Dante in the Heaven of the Moon among the three archangels who appear in the Bible; he is the angel who announced to Mary the birth of Jesus. |
| Gaddo | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Son of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, present in the scene of the Tower of Hunger; he throws himself at his father's feet in the infernal ice. |
| Galen | Poets and thinkers | 1 | 1 | Ancient Greek physician cited by Dante in Limbo among the scientists, mathematicians and physicians in Canto I of the Inferno, alongside Hippocrates, Avicenna, Euclid and Ptolemy. |
| Galigaio | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Galigaio is mentioned by Cacciaguida in Canto XVI of Paradiso as an example of the new Florentine families who, by settling in the houses of the ancient nobles, contribute to making the 'ship' of Florence 'sink'. |
| Galli | Families and factions | 1 | 1 | Florentine family recalled by Cacciaguida among those already distinguished in his own time; according to critical notes the Galli lived in the quarter of porta Santa Maria. |
| Ganellone | Mythological | 1 | 1 | Ganellone is the famous Gano of Mainz, the traitor of the Chanson de Roland, recalled by Dante in the Inferno among the traitors. |
| Ganymede | Mythological | 1 | 1 | Figure from classical mythology recalled by Dante in Purgatorio IX, 23 as an example of divine abduction: Ganymede was abandoned by his own family. |
| Gideon | Biblical figures | 1 | 1 | Gideon is recalled in Purgatorio as a biblical example of military choice against gluttony: he discarded the soldiers who knelt to drink and kept only those who drank with their hand, with whom he defeated the Midianites. |
| Gentucca | Unclassified | 1 | 1 | A lady of Lucca mentioned in Ante-Purgatory by Bonagiunta, who indicates her name as a future help to Dante in exile. |