Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
Florentine poet of the Divine Comedy.
Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
Shortened excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Dante Alighieri”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Read here
Edition guides
All their books in the Isidore Index · Browse the Isidore Index
Where to buy print editions
Browse TAN Books ↗ TAN Books publishes Catholic classics in print. Search its catalog for this author or title.
Affiliate disclosure: Some links are affiliate links. If you buy through them, Bibliotheca Catholica may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It helps keep the library free. How our affiliate links work.
At a glance
Era: High Middle Ages & Scholastics (14th century). Poet.