By: Anna Borkholder Jessica Zimmerman Born ◦ Florence, Italy Between May and June 1265 Death ◦ 1321 Home-town Florence, Italy La Vita Nuova The Divine Comedy Purgatorio The New Life Paradiso Di Vulfari Eloquentia Convivo and The Inferno Divine Comedy Paradiso Calvary man ◦ Alliance with White Guelfs – Pope Detained by Papal authorities January 1302 Crimes he didn’t commit Burn to death if returned to home town Courts inspired The Divine Comedy Inspired artists Known as Italy’s best known poet