# Cunizza da Romano — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Cunizza da Romano in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cunizza

**First appearance:** 0080-canto-ix

## Who they are

Blessed soul in the Heaven of Venus, sister of Ezzelino.

## In the story

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

A blessed spirit in the Heaven of Venus who recounts her earthly life and accepts her past with joy, foretelling future woes for Italy.

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