1894 Brewer’s / B / Beatrice
beloved from girlhood by Dante, a native of Florence, was of the Portinari family. She died under twenty-four years of age (1266–1290). Beatrice married Simone deʹ Bardi, and Dante married Gemma Donati.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.