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PHILOSOPHER

Brunetto Latini

1220 - 1294

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Brunetto Latini (who signed his name Burnectus Latinus in Latin and Burnecto Latino in Italian; c. 1220–1294) was an Italian philosopher, scholar, notary, politician and statesman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brunetto Latini has received more than 314,726 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Brunetto Latini is the 443rd most popular philosopher (down from 438th in 2019), the 1,270th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,250th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Philosopher.

Brunetto Latini is most famous for being the tutor of Dante Alighieri and for writing the poem "The Divine Comedy."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Brunetto Latini ranks 443 out of 1,081Before him are Michel Serres, P. D. Ouspensky, Kapila, Franz Rosenzweig, Lucilio Vanini, and Yuri Lotman. After him are Ravidas, Yi Hwang, Alan Watts, Madhvacharya, Alain de Benoist, and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Brunetto Latini ranks 6Before him are Roger Bacon, Alexander Nevsky, Pope Martin IV, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, and William of Rubruck. After him are Stefan Uroš I, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Traidenis, Emperor Go-Saga, and Enzo of Sardinia. Among people deceased in 1294, Brunetto Latini ranks 3Before him are Kublai Khan and Louis II, Duke of Bavaria. After him are John I, Duke of Brabant, Rabban Bar Sauma, and Dmitry of Pereslavl.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Brunetto Latini ranks 1,270 out of 4,668Before him are Lucilio Vanini (1585), Saint Sabina (100), Odoric of Pordenone (1286), Blessed Gerard (1047), Giulia Tofana (1581), and Naevius Sutorius Macro (-21). After him are Cecilia Gallerani (1473), Carlo Maria Viganò (1941), Arnold of Brescia (1100), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), and Fra Mauro (1385).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Brunetto Latini ranks 32Before him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Antonio Negri (1933), and Lucilio Vanini (1585). After him are Norberto Bobbio (1909), Dicaearchus (-350), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Gaetano Mosca (1858), and Gaius Musonius Rufus (25).