# Farinata degli Uberti — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Farinata degli Uberti in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Farinata

**First appearance:** 0012-canto-x

## Who they are

Ghibelline leader who rises from a tomb in Hell.

## In the story

### [Canto VI: The Third Circle – Cerberus and the Gluttonous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-vi)

Mentioned by Ciacco as one of the 'blacker souls' punished deeper in Hell for a different sin.

### [Canto X: Farinata and Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-x)

A Ghibelline leader who rises from his tomb, proud and disdainful, and discusses his political past and Dante's future.

### [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 XVI: The Three Florentines and the River of Blood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xvi)

Mentioned indirectly as a notable Florentine; not present in this canto.

### [Canto XXIX: The Tenth Bolgia of the Alchemists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxix)

Not present in this canto; the focus is on the alchemists and forgers.

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