Durante degli Alighieri (Florence, May/June c.1265--Ravenna, September 14, 1321), commonly known as Dante Alighieri, was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called Commedia and later called Divina ("divine") by Ludovico Dolce in 1555), is often considered one of the greatest literary works composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In Italy he is known as "the Supreme Poet" (il Sommo Poeta).

Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language". Dante's other famous works are: Il Fiore e Detto d'Amore, Le Rime, Vita Nova, Convivo, De vulgari eloquentia, De Monarchia and Eloghe.

After being exiled in 1302, Dante traveled to Ravenna, never to see Florence (or his family) again. Dante contracted malaria on his way through the Valli di Comacchio, on his way back from an ambush in Venice. He died on September 14th, 1321.

His funeral was held in the church of Saint Francis, and he is buried in Ravenna. Today, though, his tomb is empty: his bones rest in the Classense library (also in Ravenna) .

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