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Gaia da Camino
Gaia da Camino (c. 1270 – after 14 August 1311) was an Italian noblewoman and poet hailing from Treviso, Italy. Her family was descended from the Lombards. She is mentioned briefly in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
Gaia da Camino was born around 1270 in Treviso. Her father was Gherardo III da Camino, and the identity of her mother is unknown. There was speculation that her mother was Gherardo's second wife, Chiara della Torre, but no official record of this exists.
The da Camino family was of Lombard heritage, and likely related to the Collalto family. During Gaia's lifetime, the da Camino family was in its prime, and she grew up knowing a lifestyle of prominence and wealth. Gaia's father, Gherardo, was known to entertain many guests who were prominent in the art world, including Dante Alighieri and the troubadour Ferrarino da Ferrara.
Gaia married her cousin, Tolberto III da Camino, sometime prior to the summer of 1291, with a substantial dowry. She was made the universal heiress of Frixa, another noblewoman likely from Treviso, in 1302. In 1309, Gaia and Tolberto were commended for their protection of Venetian lands in a letter written to them by the Venetian doge Pietro Gradenigo.
Gaia's will was drafted on 14 August 1311, and she died shortly thereafter.
Commentators of the Divine Comedy noted that Gaia was a renowned poet, and that she was among the earliest Italian women to compose poetry in Occitan. However, no poems written by Gaia survive to this day and support these statements. Therefore, some scholars have argued that this claim is inaccurate and only reflects the fact that the da Camino court was a lively hub that gathered poets, writers, and artists from northern Italy. Similar statements have been made for other debated medieval women poets, such as Nina Siciliana. Gaia has also been associated to the earlier female Italian poet, Compiuta Donzella.
Gaia is mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy at the terrace of wrath in Canto XVI of Purgatorio, the second canticle of Dante's Divine Comedy. In this terrace, Dante meets Marco Lombardo, an unidentified character from Lombardy, with whom he discusses topics such as the influence of the stars on human behavior and the relationship between religious and political power. As Marco reviews the political corruption in Lombardy, he notes that only three individuals make an exception: Corrado da Palazzo of Brescia, Guido da Castello of Reggio Emilia, and Gherardo, Gaia's father.
Despite the fact that the historical Dante had been a guest of the Da Camino in more than one occasion, the fictional Dante is not familiar with Gherardo and asks Marco who he is. In his reply, Lombardo refers to both Gherardo and Gaia.
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Gaia da Camino
Gaia da Camino (c. 1270 – after 14 August 1311) was an Italian noblewoman and poet hailing from Treviso, Italy. Her family was descended from the Lombards. She is mentioned briefly in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
Gaia da Camino was born around 1270 in Treviso. Her father was Gherardo III da Camino, and the identity of her mother is unknown. There was speculation that her mother was Gherardo's second wife, Chiara della Torre, but no official record of this exists.
The da Camino family was of Lombard heritage, and likely related to the Collalto family. During Gaia's lifetime, the da Camino family was in its prime, and she grew up knowing a lifestyle of prominence and wealth. Gaia's father, Gherardo, was known to entertain many guests who were prominent in the art world, including Dante Alighieri and the troubadour Ferrarino da Ferrara.
Gaia married her cousin, Tolberto III da Camino, sometime prior to the summer of 1291, with a substantial dowry. She was made the universal heiress of Frixa, another noblewoman likely from Treviso, in 1302. In 1309, Gaia and Tolberto were commended for their protection of Venetian lands in a letter written to them by the Venetian doge Pietro Gradenigo.
Gaia's will was drafted on 14 August 1311, and she died shortly thereafter.
Commentators of the Divine Comedy noted that Gaia was a renowned poet, and that she was among the earliest Italian women to compose poetry in Occitan. However, no poems written by Gaia survive to this day and support these statements. Therefore, some scholars have argued that this claim is inaccurate and only reflects the fact that the da Camino court was a lively hub that gathered poets, writers, and artists from northern Italy. Similar statements have been made for other debated medieval women poets, such as Nina Siciliana. Gaia has also been associated to the earlier female Italian poet, Compiuta Donzella.
Gaia is mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy at the terrace of wrath in Canto XVI of Purgatorio, the second canticle of Dante's Divine Comedy. In this terrace, Dante meets Marco Lombardo, an unidentified character from Lombardy, with whom he discusses topics such as the influence of the stars on human behavior and the relationship between religious and political power. As Marco reviews the political corruption in Lombardy, he notes that only three individuals make an exception: Corrado da Palazzo of Brescia, Guido da Castello of Reggio Emilia, and Gherardo, Gaia's father.
Despite the fact that the historical Dante had been a guest of the Da Camino in more than one occasion, the fictional Dante is not familiar with Gherardo and asks Marco who he is. In his reply, Lombardo refers to both Gherardo and Gaia.
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