"I shall live in thy heart,
die in thy lap,
and be buried in thy eyes…"
Dramatis Personae
* denotes a character recorded by history
† denotes a character from Shakespeare
Scaligeri
Francesco 'Cangrande' della Scala* — Ruler of Verona
Giovanna of Svevia * — Cangrande's wife, great-grand-daughter of Frederick II
Franceschino 'Cecchino' della Scala * — nephew to Cangrande
Federigo della Scala * — Cangrande's cousin
Alberto II della Scala * — Cangrande's nephew, brother of Mastino, b. 1306
Mastino II della Scala †* — Cangrande's nephew, brother of Alberto, b. 1308
Francesco 'Cesco' della Scala †* — a bastard, b. 1314
Nogarola
Antonio Nogarola II *- Vicentine nobleman, elder brother to Bailardino
Bailardino Nogarola *- Lord of Vicenza, husband to Cangrande's sister, Katerina
Katerina della Scala *- sister to Cangrande, wife of Bailardino
Bailardetto 'Detto' Nogarola — son of Bailardino and Katerina. b. 1315
Alaghieri
Durante 'Dante' Alaghieri * — Florentine poet exiled in 1302
Gemma Donati * — wife of Dante, living in Florence
Pietro Alaghieri * — Dante's heir
Jacopo 'Poco' Alaghieri * — Dante's youngest son
Antonia Alaghieri * — Dante's daughter
Carrara
Giacomo 'Il Grande' da Carrara * — Paduan Lord, uncle to Marsilio
Marsilio da Carrara * — nephew of Il Grande
Gianozza della Bella † — great-niece to Il Grande, cousin to Marsilio
Montecchio
Gargano Montecchio — Lord of Montecchio, father of Mariotto and Aurelia
Romeo Mariotto Montecchio † — son of Gargano
Aurelia Montecchio — daughter of Gargano
Capecelatro
Ludovico Capecelatro — head of a merchant family from Capua, father of Luigi and Antonio
Luigi Capecelatro — eldest son on of Ludovico
Antonio Capecelatro † — second son of Ludovico
Arnaldo Capecelatro † — brother to Ludovico
Supporting Characters
Albertino Mussato * — Paduan historian-poet
Aventino Fracastoro — Personal physician to Cangrande
Benvenito Lemoti — Fiancée to Aurelia Montecchio
Bishop Francis * — Franciscan Bishop, leader of Veronese spiritual growth
Bishop Guelco — Bishop of Verona
Ferdinando da Bonaventura † — Cousin to the Bonaventura heir, Petruchio
Fra Lorenzo † — Franciscan monk with family in France
Francesco Dandolo * — Venetian nobleman, ambassador to Verona
Guglielmo da Castelbarco * — Veronese noble, Cangrande's Armourer
Giuseppe Morsicato — Knight, Nogarola family doctor
Ignazzio da Palermo — Personal astrologer to the Scaligeri
Katerina da Bonaventura † — Paduan born heiress, daughter of Baptista Minola
Manoello Giudeo * — Cangrande's Master of Revels
Massimiliano da Villafranca — Constable of Cangrande's palace
Nicolo da Lozzo * — Paduan-born knight, changed sides to join Cangrande
Passerino Bonaccolsi * — Podestà of Mantua, ally to Cangrande
Petruchio da Bonaventura † — Veronese noble, married to Katerina
Ponzino de' Ponzoni * — Cremona-born knight, elected Podestà of Padua in 1314
Theodoro of Cadiz — Moorish servant of the astrologer Ignazzio da Palermo
Tullio d'Isola — aged steward, Grand Butler to Cangrande
Uguccione della Faggiuola * — ruler of Lucca, former patron of Dante, friend of Cangrande
Vanni 'Asdente' Scorigiani — Paduan knight
Vinciguerra, Count of San Bonifacio * — last of an exiled Veronese family
Ziliberto dell' Angelo — Cangrande's Master of the Hunt