RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Beatrice Portinari

1265 - 1290

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Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe portiˈnaːri]; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova, and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as his guide in the last book of his narrative poem the Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia), Paradiso, and during the conclusion of the preceding Purgatorio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beatrice Portinari has received more than 1,366,878 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Beatrice Portinari is the 443rd most popular religious figure (up from 464th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Italy (up from 537th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Beatrice Portinari is most famous for being Dante's love interest in the Divine Comedy.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Beatrice Portinari ranks 443 out of 3,187. Before her are Sumayyah bint Khabbat, Pachomius the Great, Charbel Makhlouf, Nehemiah, Saint Apollonia, and Pope Boniface III. After her are Pope Vitalian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Báb, Pope Conon, Pope Hilarius, and Pope Callixtus I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1265, Beatrice Portinari ranks 3. Before her are Dante Alighieri, and Duns Scotus. After her are Temür Khan, Andrew III of Hungary, Alfonso III of Aragon, Henry of Bohemia, Emperor Fushimi, Ramon Muntaner, Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, María de Molina, and Otto III, Duke of Carinthia. Among people deceased in 1290, Beatrice Portinari ranks 1. After her are Ladislaus IV of Hungary, Qalawun, Eleanor of Castile, Magnus III of Sweden, Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Elizabeth the Cuman, Henryk IV Probus, Guido of Siena, Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria, Margaret, Maid of Norway, and Lloque Yupanqui.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Beatrice Portinari ranks 509 out of 5,161. Before her are Pontormo (1494), Elena Ferrante (1943), Pope Valentine (780), Totila (500), Umberto Boccioni (1882), and Pope Boniface III (540). After her are Monica Vitti (1931), Pope Conon (630), Salvatore Adamo (1943), Pope Hilarius (415), Pope Callixtus I (180), and Pope Stephen IV (770).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Beatrice Portinari ranks 202. Before her are Pope Paul II (1417), Pope Honorius I (585), Januarius (272), Pope Leo II (611), Pope Valentine (780), and Pope Boniface III (540). After her are Pope Conon (630), Pope Hilarius (415), Pope Callixtus I (180), Pope Stephen IV (770), Pope Stephen III (720), and Longinus (100).

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