# Guido Guinizzelli — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Guido Guinizzelli in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Guido Guinicelli

**First appearance:** 0063-canto-xxvi

## Who they are

Poet purging lust, hailed as father of the dolce stil novo.

## Relationships

### [Dante Alighieri](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/characters/dante_alighieri)

_friendship_

Dante honors Guido Guinizzelli as a poetic father figure and fellow poet in Purgatory.

### [Dante Alighieri](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/characters/dante_alighieri)

_friendship_

Dante honors Guido Guinizzelli as a poetic father figure and fellow poet in Purgatory.

## In the story

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

Mentioned indirectly as a spirit; Guido del Duca identifies himself and Renier da Calboli.

### [Canto XXVI: Guido Guinicelli and Arnaldo Daniello](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxvi)

Guido Guinicelli, the poet Dante considers his father and master of sweet rhymes, is among the penitent souls purging the sin of lust.

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