Death of Dante Alighieri (1321)

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1. 1320–1321Ravenna · ItalyAfter being banished from Florence in 1302, Dante moved through Verona, Lucca, and elsewhere, and in 1318 received the patronage of Guido Novello da Polenta, lord of Ravenna. In the 1320s he completed the final cantos of the Divine Comedy in Ravenna, writing the epic in the Tuscan dialect and laying the foundation for the modern Italian literary language.
2. 1321Ravenna · Emilia-RomagnaIn September 1321, Dante contracted malaria and died either en route back to Ravenna from a diplomatic mission to Venice or shortly after returning. Florence repeatedly requested his remains without success; Dante was ultimately buried in Ravenna, making it the tomb of the most famous exile in Italian literary history.