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It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God's own love first set in motion those fair things

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Dante Alighieri
Age: 56 †
Born: 1265
Born: June 6
Died: 1321
Died: September 22
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Intellectual
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Dante
Durante degli Alighieri
Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri
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