Beatrice Portinari
DANTE'S MUSE
Portinari, Beatrice; Bice di Folco Portinari; Beatrice di Folco Portinari; Dante and Beatrice; Beatrice (Dante); Beatrice (Divine Comedy)
Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari (; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova, and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as his guide in the last book of his narrative poem the Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia), Paradiso, and during the conclusion of the preceding Purgatorio. Within the Comedy, Beatrice is symbolic of divine grace and theology.