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Guido Cavalcanti
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guido
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Florence
- Place of birth
- Florence
- Place of death
- Florence
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- atheism
- Student of
- Brunetto Latini
- Image
- Blois - tableau Guido Cavalcanti.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of death
- 1300-01-01
- Commons category
- Guido Cavalcanti
- date of birth
- 1258-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Guido Cavalcanti
- name in native language
- Guido Cavalcanti
- cause of death
- malaria
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name
- Guido Cavalcanti
- P12749
- Les Bois
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Guido Cavalcanti, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Cavalcanti's portrait, in Rime di Guido Cavalcanti (1813) Guido Cavalcanti (between 1250 and 1259 – August 1300) was an Italian poet. He was a friend of Dante Alighieri, as well as one of his most notable intellectual influences.
Historical background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guido Cavalcanti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.