Brewer's: 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 de' Bardi, and Dante married Gemma Donati.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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