Guido Novello da Polenta
Guido Novello da Polenta († 1323 in Bologna ) was a northern Italian ruler and author of poems.
Guido da Polenta was the son of Ostasio da Polenta . In 1275 he took control of Ravenna , which he ruled until he was ousted in 1322.
In 1316 (according to older authors 1319 or 1320) he granted Dante , who had been expelled from Florence and had last lived in real poverty, asylum in Ravenna, where he was able to complete his Divine Comedy . From then on he was friends with Dante. In 1321 he sent him on a diplomatic mission to Venice , from which the poet returned sick and died a short time later.
Guido da Polenta was the father of Francesca da Rimini .
literature
- Rime around 1330. (Poems in dolce style nuovo , in which women are idealized and glorified).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph Wasmayr: Pantheon Italy: biographies of eminent Italians , Volume 1, Part I, Munich 1815, pp 26-27 ( online ).
- ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . 6th edition, Volume 6, Leipzig / Vienna 1906, p. 817 ( online )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guido Novello da Polenta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Italian ruler and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1323 |
| Place of death | Bologna |