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Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari [1] (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe portiˈnaːri]; 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 ...
Beatrice (/ ˈ b iː (ə) t r ɪ s / BEE-(ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe]) [1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice , which came from the Latin Beatrix , which means "blessed one".
Italian names, with their fixed nome and cognome structure, differ from the ancient Roman naming conventions, which used a tripartite system of given name, gentile name, and hereditary or personal name (or names). The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while ...
Beatrice cites Alcmaeon's act of murder as a moral failure. Par. IV, 100–105. Tegghiaio Aldobrandi: Florentine son of the famous Aldobrando degli Adimari, he was podestà of Arezzo in 1256 and fought at the battle of Montaperti in 1260, where his warnings against attacking the Senese forces went unheeded, and the Florentines were annihilated.
When Greek names are used in other languages, they are sometimes rendered phonetically, such as Eleni for Ἑλένη, and sometimes by their equivalents, like Helen in English or Hélène in French. Vasiliki (Βασιλική) is Basilica in Italian or Basilique in French. Elisavet (Ελισάβετ) is Elizabeth in English or Elliezet in French.
Beatrice of Naples (16 November 1457 – 23 September 1508), also known as Beatrice of Aragon (Hungarian: Aragóniai Beatrix; Italian: Beatrice d'Aragona), was twice Queen of Hungary and of Bohemia by marriage to Matthias Corvinus and Vladislaus II. [1] She was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples and Isabella of Clermont.
Common forms of this name include Beatrice in English and Italian, [10] Béatrice in French, Beatriz in Spanish and Portuguese, [11] Beate in German, and Beata in Polish and Swedish. Common short forms are Bea and Trixie. See Beatrice for other derivatives.
David was the son of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius and Empress Martina, his wife and niece. According to the Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, David was born on 7 November, 630, the same day as his nephew Constans II. [1] [2] Earlier that year, David's parents had been in Jerusalem with David in utero.