Divine Comedy-I: Inferno
Cantos 5
What was francesca's sin?
What was francesca's sin?
Francesca's sin was adultery. She was married around 1275 to Gianciotto Malatesta of Rimini for political reasons. She unfortunately fell in love with her husband's younger brother Paolo and he with her. When her husband discovered their adultery, probably in 1285, he killed them both.