Dante Alighieri

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{{Dialogue2|Ezio|Who were these men he condemned to hell?|Sofia|Political opponents, men who wronged him. Alighieri's quill cuts deeply, no?|Sì. It is a subtle way to seek revenge.|Ezio Auditore and Sofia Sartor, upon Ezio's reading of the ''Inferno''.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/dante-alighieri.jpg
|birth = c. May or June 1265<br>[[Florence]], {{Wiki|Republic of Florence}}
|death = 14 September 1321<br>{{Wiki|Ravenna}}, [[Italy]]
|affiliates = [[Assassins]]
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'''Durante degli Alighieri''' (1265 – 1321), commonly known as '''Dante''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] poet of the {{Wiki|Middle Ages}}, and a covert member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].

==Biography==
===Life as an Assassin===
{{Quote|And so began my apprenticeship with Dante Alighieri, one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.|Domenico Auditore.|Assassin's Creed II}}
During the Middle Ages, Dante had risen through the ranks of the Assassin Order, and was considered one of their senior members.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Auditore Family Crypt]]</ref>

Dante was exiled from Florence due to his political connections with the {{Wiki|Guelphs and Ghibellines|White Guelphs}}. He was sheltered in [[Forlì]] during the exile, where he wrote the ''Divine Comedy''.<ref>{{Wiki|Dante Alighieri|''Wikipedia:'' Dante Alighieri}}</ref>

In the later 13th century, Dante was tasked with the training of [[Domenico Auditore]], a member of the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] of [[Florence]], and a descendant of a long line of Assassins.<ref name="AC2"/>

The day that Domenico first found out about the Assassin Order, his father, his father's patron [[Marco Polo]], and Dante were present. Domenico was a sailor who carried cargo across the Atlantic and Mediterranean, thus, as Marco explained, Dante would train Domenico in the ways of the Order, in exchange for transport to [[Spain]].<ref name="AC2"/>

Dante met with Domenico repeatedly before they departed from [[Venice]] , first conversing with him about practical needs for the journey, such as supplies, then moving on to deeper lessons, and speaking of "higher things about life, love, honor and justice."<ref name="AC2"/>

Dante showed Domenico the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]] of the legendary Assassin [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], and taught him [[the Creed]]. Through their lessons, Dante told his apprentice that society was "set up in such a way as to [[New World Order|control its members]], to stop us from thinking, from seeing." Soon, Domenico had learned to "look past all laws and illusions", and see that the people deserved freedom.<ref name="AC2"/>

===Later life and death===
{{Quote|Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched.|Domenico Auditore.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Before his journey to [[Barcelona]] could take place, Dante was murdered by [[Templars]] on a trip to gather his belongings in {{Wiki|Ravenna}}. Domenico's father explained to him that Dante had been tasked with delivering the Codex to Spain, and urged him to take on the responsibility instead.<ref name="AC2"/>

Though Domenico lost his wife to pirates during his attempts to fulfill Dante's mission, he was able to scatter the pages of the Codex in the ship's cargo, and keep it safe from Templar hands.<ref name="AC2"/>

==Legacy==
In 1511, the Assassin [[Mentor]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] read Dante's ''Inferno'' in [[Sofia Sartor]]'s shop. Sofia evoked her admiration for Dante's genius, and Ezio commented on Dante's "subtle way of revenge" through his poems, where he depicted his enemies as being tortured in Hell.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*Durante is an Italian variant of the Latin name ''Durans'' that means "enduring". Alighieri is a name that ultimately stems from Germanic roots ''nadal'', "noble", or ''ald'', "old", and ''gar'', "spear."
*Dante wrote in ''Inferno'', the first part of ''The Divine Comedy'', that [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], along with [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]], were condemned to the lowest circle of hell because of their act against Julius Caesar, despite the fact that Dante was also a member of the Assassin Order.

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