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Beatrice Portinari

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Beatrice Portinari (bē`ətrĭs, Ital. bāätrē`chā pōrtēnä`rē), 1266–90, Florentine woman believed to be the Beatrice of Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri , 1265–1321, Italian poet, b. Florence. Dante was the author of the Divine Comedy, one of the greatest of literary classics. Life

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's Divine Comedy and Vita nuova. He first saw Beatrice when he was nine years old, and she remained his ideal and inspiration until his death in 1321. Her identity has been the subject of much controversy.


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Of course, this was an "idea" of the actual Beatrice Portinari who lived and married and bore children in a dusty Florence.
 
 
 
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