# Folco of Marseille — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Folco of Marseille in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Folco

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

## Who they are

Troubadour turned bishop, appears in the Heaven of Venus.

## In the story

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

A former troubadour and bishop, now a radiant soul in Venus, who speaks of his passionate past and identifies Rahab among the blessed.

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