Dante Alighieri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...decayed nobility, Dante moved in patrician...death (1290) of Beatrice, the woman he loved...thought to have been Beatrice Portinari, was Dantes...spiritual inspiration. Dante married Gemma Donati...Hell and Purgatory Dante is guided by Vergil, through Heaven, by Beatrice, for whom the poem...