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The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church of the
Fraternity of Jerusalem situated on the ia del Proconsolo
in the centre of Florence, Italy.
It is famous for being the parish church of Beatrice
Portinari, the loe of Dante's life, and the place where he
watched her at Mass, for Dante grew up across the street in
what is now called the 'Casa di Dante', rebuilt in 1910 as a
museum to Dante (though in reality unlikely to be his real
home).
He would have heard the monks singing the Mass and the
Offices here in Latin Gregorian chant, all of which he
includes in the Commedia.
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In 1373, Boccaccio deliered his famous lectures on Dante's
The Diine Comedy in the church. |
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