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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 1,274,869 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). Beatrice Portinari is the 469th most popular religious figure (down from 412th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Italy (down from 496th in 2019) and the 209th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Beatrice Portinari ranks 469 out of 2,238Before her are Pope Telesphorus, Pope John III, Pope Zephyrinus, Tollund Man, Pope Stephen VIII, and Pope Constantine. After her are Pope Hyginus, Manco Cápac, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Suger, Pope John XIV, and Zaynab bint Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1265, Beatrice Portinari ranks 3Before 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 Andrew Moray. Among people deceased in 1290, Beatrice Portinari ranks 1After her are Ladislaus IV of Hungary, Eleanor of Castile, Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Magnus III of Sweden, Elizabeth the Cuman, Guido of Siena, Henryk IV Probus, Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria, Margaret, Maid of Norway, Lloque Yupanqui, and Butigeidis.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Beatrice Portinari ranks 538 out of 4,668Before her are Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916), Filippino Lippi (1457), Pope Zephyrinus (150), Pope Stephen VIII (900), Gianni Rodari (1920), and Lavinia Fontana (1552). After her are Tibullus (-50), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Elena Ferrante (1943), Marsilius of Padua (1275), Octavia the Younger (-69), and Pope John XIV (1000).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Beatrice Portinari ranks 209Before her are Pope Stephen II (715), Anastasia of Sirmium (281), Pope Telesphorus (100), Pope John III (520), Pope Zephyrinus (150), and Pope Stephen VIII (900). After her are Pope John XIV (1000), Dominic Savio (1842), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Pope Leo VII (900), Pope Pontian (200), and Saint Rosalia (1130).