# Jacopo Rusticucci — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Jacopo Rusticucci in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rusticucci

**First appearance:** 0018-canto-xvi

## Who they are

Florentine sodomite encountered in the seventh circle of 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)

Named by Dante among the worthy Florentines whose fate he inquires about; Ciacco confirms he is among the more severely damned.

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

One of the three Florentine shades, who blames his savage wife for his fate.

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