Sapia Salvani

[1] In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, she is placed among the envious souls of Purgatory for having rejoiced when her fellow Sienese townspeople, led by her nephew Provenzano Salvani, lost to the Florentine Guelphs at the Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa.

[4] She must have died before 1289, as that is the date of death of Pietro Pettinaio, who, according to Dante's Divine Comedy, prayed for her soul's advancement through Purgatory.

[8] She is located on the terrace of envy, where envious souls are punished by being dressed in rough sacks the color of rocks and having their eyes sewn shut with wire.

[8] my heart filled with such boundless joythat recklessly I turned my face to God,crying: "Now I do not fear you any more,"as the blackbird said after a glint of sunshine.After telling her story, Sapia expresses her remorse at her elation seeing her townsfolk defeated by quoting an Italian folktale of a foolish blackbird that celebrates spring prematurely.

[8] Finally, Sapia notes that though she has not been dead long, the prayers of "Pier the Comb-Seller" (typically identified with Pietro Pettinaio) have helped move through Ante-Purgatory and the terrace of pride rather quickly.