Guido Guerra: A Hero in Dante’s Hell

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Aug 28, 202629:08Society & Culture

Guido Guerra was one of the most respected Guelph leaders of medieval Florence: a soldier, statesman, and civic hero whom Dante himself clearly admired. So why does Dante place him deep in the Inferno among those punishe...

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