Note 1 — XXXI Here it is told of a story-teller of Messer Azzolino
Edward Storer translation
Azzolino or Ezzelino da Romano, born 1194, died 1259 in battle against the Milanese. Known as tyrant of Padua and the Marca Trevigiana. Dante (Inf. XII, 110, and Par. IX, 29) places him among the tyrants. ↑