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Wikipedia: Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari (1266–1290) was a Florentine woman and the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova. Beatrice also appears as his guide in Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia) in the last book, Paradise, and in the last four canti of Purgatory. There she takes over as guide from the Latin poet Virgil because, as a pagan, Virgil cannot enter Paradise and because, being the incarnation of beatific love, as her name implies, it is Beatrice who leads into the Beatific vision.
![[Tomb of Beatrice in Santa Margherita de' Cerchi.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TombOfBeatricePortinari_1_s.jpg "Tomb of Beatrice in Santa Margherita de' Cerchi.")
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![[Beatrice appears to Virgil at the start of Paradiso, in an illustration by Gustave Doré]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gustave_Dor_C3_A9_Dante_Alighieri_Inferno_Plate_7_28Beatrice_29_1_s.jpg "Beatrice appears to Virgil at the start of Paradiso, in an illustration by Gustave Doré")
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![[Beatrice used to pray at Santa Margherita de' Cerchi where she is interred]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chiesa_di_Santa_Margherita_dei_Cerchi_2C_Firenze_1_s.jpg "Beatrice used to pray at Santa Margherita de' Cerchi where she is interred")
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