Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, Dante Alighieri—his full name was Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, but he's better known simply as Dante—is considered one of the most important poets in history ...

But who guides the guide? British Dante scholar Prue Shaw takes readers by the hand with a new, accessible book, "Dante: The Essential Commedia." ...

Seven centuries after guilty verdict in Florence, Sperello di Serego Alighieri to help test whether poet’s conviction would stand today [Article revised due to a misunderstanding about the ‘retrial’ - ...

EXCLUSIVE: Julian Schnabel’s Venice Film Festival-winning In the Hand of Dante will close the Sarasota Film Festival. The pic ...

It's been more than seven centuries since the Italian poet Dante Alighieri first took readers along for his personal journey through hell, but the power of his words hasn't dimmed one bit. "You're ...

As a young man, I converted with great enthusiasm to Catholicism, and for 13 years was an ardent Catholic, eager to argue for the faith with all comers. The idea of not being a Catholic was utterly ...

Dante's descendant Sperello di Serego Alighieri (L) and the poet's deathmask. Photo: Sperello Di Serego Algieri/Digitalmamma824/flickr To honour the 750th year since the birth of Italy's most famous ...

Dante Alighieri was born 750 years ago this week in Florence. In spite of our distance from medieval theology, Dante's allegorical journey through sin and salvation known as the Divine Comedy endures ...