Cavalcante de Cavalcanti

The Exile Foretold — Inferno, Canto 10

· October 10, 2026
The Exile Foretold Inferno 10

Farinata has not moved while Cavalcante rose and fell beside him, and now he picks up the quarrel exactly where it broke off: the art of returning from exile, he tells Dante, is one the pilgrim will soon learn the weight of; then, after a sigh and a defence of the day he saved Florence, … Read more

Cavalcante de’ Cavalcanti — Inferno, Canto 10

· October 10, 2026
Cavalcante de Cavalcanti Inferno 10

Halfway through Dante’s quarrel with Farinata, a second shade rises from the same open tomb, visible only to the chin, looks past the pilgrim for someone who is not there, and asks in tears where his son is; the son is Guido Cavalcanti, Dante’s closest friend in youth and a poet in his own right, … Read more