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| Toynbee "Fano" |
town (anc. Fanum Fortunae; later, Colonia Julia
Fanestris), in the Marches on the Adriatic coast 6 miles SE. of
Pesaro, between Pesaro and Ancona, a few miles N. of the mouth of
the Metauro; it owes its name to a temple of Fortune (Fanum
Fortunae) erected by the Romans to commemorate the defeat of
Hasdrubal on the Metaurus (207 B.C.); in D.'s time it was subject
to the Malatesta of Rimini.
Fano is mentioned by Pier da Medicina (in Bolgia 9 of Circle VIII
of Hell), who refers to Guido del Cassero and Angiolello da
Carignano as i due miglior da Fano,
[Inf. xxviii. 76]
[Angiolello]; and by Jacopo del Cassero (in
Ante-Purgatory) as his
native place,
[Purg. v. 71]
[Cassero, Iacopo del].
©Oxford University Press 1968. From A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Toynbee
(1968) by permission of Oxford University Press