Guido Novello da Polenta

…of Italy, most notably by Guido Novello da Polenta, the nephew of the remarkable Francesca, in Ravenna. There at his death Dante was given an honorable burial attended by the leading men of letters of the time, and the funeral oration was delivered by Guido himself.

Guido’s grandson, and Francesca’s nephew, Guido Novello da Polenta was a patron of the arts known as the host of Dante during his final years of exile (c. 1318–21). He was himself also a scholar and poet. In 1322 Guido Novello was chosen captain of the people in Bologna and…