Referenced in Dante's eighth circle of Hell, Bonturo Dati was head of the popular party of Lucca, from where he was exiled in 1314, eventually settling in Florence, where he died in 1325. Though commentators and historians give no patronym for Bonturo, his tomb's inscription indicates that he was son of Dato da Lucca, whose name was then used as the family's surname.
See Alma Poloni, “Figure di capipolo nella città toscane fra Due e Trecento: Guelfo da Lombrici, Giano della Bella, Bonturo Dati e Coscetto da Colle.” In Le signorie cittadine in Toscana: esperienze di potere e forme di governo personale (secoli XIII-XV), edited by Andrea Zorzi, 43-48. Rome: Viella, 2013. http://digital.casalini.it/10.1400/218825.
| Birth Family | Dati |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | unknown |
| Database ID | 3218 |
1285 to 1325 |
active |
January 10th, 1324 |
testament |
1325 |
death |
| S. Maria Novella 505 Bonturo Dati da Lucca | circa 1325 (date is approximate) to present |
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| S. Maria Novella 505 Bonturo Dati da Lucca | 1325 |
| Children in law |
| Dizionario biografico degli Italiani c | vol. 33 (1987) |
| Dante, Inferno, Sayers trans. | 21: 40-42 |
| M. Stefani, Istoria Fiorentina | vol. 3, p. 246 |
| ASF, Manoscritti, 625, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy) | pp. 753, 786 |
