Dante

Dante Degli Alighieri was born between May 14/June 13, 1265. He was an Italian poet from Florence. Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) is considered to be one of the best works of literature ever written.

Dante was born into a remarkable family of Florence, the Alighieri family. His mother, Bella Degli Abati, died when Dante was only seven years old. After his mother’s death, Alighiero soon married again to Lapa di Chiarissimo Cialuffi. This woman bore two more children, Dante’s brother Francesco and sister Tana.

Records of Dante’s don’t seem to specify his education, and some assume he simply studied at home. Where ever he studied, his interests in poetry took the best of him and he remained to be one of the greatest poets to this day.
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