# Brunetto Latini — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Brunetto Latini in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ser Brunetto, Ser Brunetto Latini, This Ser Brunetto Latini

**First appearance:** 0017-canto-xv

## Who they are

Dante's former teacher, punished among the sodomites in Hell.

## In the story

### [Canto XIII: The Wood of the Suicides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xiii)

Not present; no character with this ID appears in the excerpt.

### [Canto XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xv)

Dante's former teacher, condemned for violence against nature, who prophesies Dante's future and commends his work 'Tesoro' to Dante.

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