Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265)

Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.

September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 108 days remain until the end of the year.