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Power Struggles, Malaria, a Hidden Corpse: Dante’s Life Was Weird and His Death Weirder

HELLCHILD

The poet of the ‘Inferno’ suffered through papal intrigue and exile—and people have been fighting over his bones for 700 years.

Candida Moss
Candida Moss
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Candida Moss

Candida Moss

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