Died in Ravenna
· Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International · file Dante died in Ravenna at about fifty-six after contracting malaria while returning from his final diplomatic mission. He was subsequently buried at the Franciscan church there. Some early epitaphs give September 13, while Boccaccio and the canonical modern chronology give September 14. The coordinate represents the San Francesco and tomb precinct rather than a known death room.
