Dante mentioned the town in his Divina Commedia . Michelangelo called the people of Pistoia the `` enemies of heaven '' . Dante mentioned in his Divina Commedia the free town of Pistoia as the home town of Vanni Fucci , who is encountered in Inferno tangled up in a knot of snakes while cursing God , and Michelangelo called the Pistoiesi the `` enemies of heaven '' .