# Pope Nicholas III — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Pope Nicholas III in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nicholas III, Nicholas

**First appearance:** 0021-canto-xix

## Who they are

Simoniac pope punished head-down in a hole in Hell.

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