# Corso Donati — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Corso Donati in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Messer Corso Donati, Messer Corso, the Donati, Corso

**First appearance:** 0057-canto-xx

## Who they are

Florentine political leader, mentioned in Purgatory.

## In the story

### [Canto XXIII: The Hypocrites' Bolgia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxiii)

Not directly present; the text references 'Gardingo' (the area near the Palazzo della Signoria in Florence) associated with the Uberti and Donati factions, but Corso Donati himself does not appear.

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