Pietro della Vigna
Italian jurist and diplomat (1190–1249) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pietro della Vigna (also Pier delle Vigne, Petrus de Vineas or de Vineis; Capua, ca. 1190 – Pisa, 1249) was an Italian jurist and diplomat, who acted as chancellor and secretary (logothete) to Emperor Frederick II. Falsely accused of lèse-majesté, he was imprisoned, blinded and committed suicide soon after.[1] He appears as a character in the Inferno of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.