Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri, detail from Luca Signorelli’s fresco in the Chapel of San Brizio, Orvieto Cathedral. Public Domain via Getty Images.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri, one of the great literary geniuses of all time, was also a man of action, committed to social justice and the affairs of his native Florence.

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St. Giles
“Saint Giles and the Hind” oil on oak, National Gallery. Public Domain. Image attained via Wikimedia Commons

St. Giles

St. Giles was among the Fourteen Holy Helpers, a group of saints commonly invoked in the Middle Ages for protection against illness and misfortune.

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