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Dante Alighieri

Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
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Summary

Dante Alighieri was born on May 30, 1265[1], in Florence[2]. He died on September 13, 1321[3], in Ravenna[4]. He worked as a poet[5], writer[6], prose writer[7], politician[8], and philosopher[9]. He ranks in the top 0.58% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83,439 views/month, #5,840 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1265[11]
  • Date of death: September 14, 1321[12], September 22, 1321[13], 1321[14]
  • Place of burial: Dante Alighieri's tomb[15], Quadrarco di Braccioforte[16]
  • Father: Alighiero di Bellincione[17]
  • Mother: Bella degli Abati[18]
  • Spouse: Gemma Donati[19]
  • Child: Jacopo Alighieri[20], Pietro Alighieri[21], Antonia Alighieri[22]
  • Country of citizenship: Republic of Florence[23]
  • Native language: Italian[24]
  • Ethnic group: Italians[25]
  • Occupation: political theorist[26], intellectual[27], linguist[28], theologian[29]
  • Field of work: poetry[30], literature[31], linguistics[32], political philosophy[33]
  • Member of: Doctors and Apothecaries Guild[34], White Guelphs[35]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholicism[36]
  • Sex or gender: male[37]
  • Family: Alighieri[38]
  • Movement: Dolce Stil Novo[39]
  • Genre: long poem[40], treatise[41]
  • Commons category: Dante Alighieri[42]
  • Cause of death: malaria[43]
  • Residence: Florence[44], Rome[45], Ravenna[46], Bologna[47], Verona[48], Arezzo[49], Forlì[50], Treviso[51], Lucca[52], Paris[53], Milan[54], Genoa[55]
  • Participated in conflict: Battle of Campaldino[56]

Why It Matters

Dante Alighieri has Wikipedia articles in 199 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] He is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

FAQs

Where was Dante Alighieri born?

Dante Alighieri's place of birth was Florence[2].

Where did Dante Alighieri die?

Dante Alighieri passed away in Ravenna[4].

Who were Dante Alighieri's parents?

Dante Alighieri's father was Alighiero di Bellincione[17]. Dante Alighieri's mother was Bella degli Abati[18].

Who was Dante Alighieri married to?

Dante Alighieri's spouses include Gemma Donati[19].

What did Dante Alighieri do for work?

Dante Alighieri worked as a poet[5], writer[6], prose writer[7], politician[8], and philosopher[9].

Related Entities

Inferno The Divine Comedy

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . BeWeB. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [31] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [32] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [33] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . BeWeB. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Culture. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [8] ↑ . independent.co.uk. independent.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [28] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [39] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [36] ↑ . Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [44] ↑ . Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [45] ↑ . Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [46] ↑ . Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [47] ↑ . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [48] ↑ . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [49] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [50] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [51] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [52] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [53] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [54] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [55] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [1] ↑ . Philosophical Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
  50. [11] ↑ . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [3] ↑ . Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  52. [12] ↑ . Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [13] ↑ . BeWeB. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  54. [14] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  55. [56] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . enciklopedija.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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