Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  An haifi Dante ne a Florence, Jamhuriyar Florence, a Italiya ta yanzu. Ba a san takamaiman ranar haihuwarsa ba, kodayake an yi imanin cewa kusan 1265 ne. Ana iya kammala wannan daga ambaton tarihin kansa a cikin Divine Comedy. Sashinsa na farko, Inferno, ya fara, "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita" ("Midway a kan tafiyar rayuwarmu"), yana nuna cewa Dante yana da kimanin shekaru 35, tun da matsakaicin tsawon rayuwa bisa ga Littafi Mai-Tsarki (Zabura 89:10, Vulgate) shine shekaru 70; kuma tun da yake tunaninsa na tafiya zuwa duniya ya faru a 1300, an haife shi ne a kusa da 1265. Wasu ayoyi na sashin Paradiso na Divine Comedy suma suna ba da wata alama mai yiwuwa cewa an haife shi a ƙarƙashin alamar Gemini: "Yayin da nake juyawa tare da tagwaye na har abada, na ga an bayyana, daga tuddai zuwa kogunan koguna, farfajiyar da ke sa mu zama masu kisan gilla" (XXII 151<unk>154). A cikin 1265, rana tana cikin Gemini tsakanin kimanin Mayu 11 da Yuni 11 (kalandar Julian). Giovanni Boccaccio ya bayyana bayyanar Dante da halayyar kamar haka: "mawaƙin yana da matsakaiciyar tsayi, kuma a cikin shekarunsa na ƙarshe ya yi tafiya kaɗan, tare da zurfi da taushi. Ya aka kullum ado a cikin mafi m tufafi, kamar yadda befitting ya balagagge shekaru. Fuskarsa ta yi tsawo, hancinsa na gaggafa, kuma idanunsa sun fi girma. Yana da manyan muƙamuƙai, kuma ƙasan leɓarsa ta fito waje. Yana da launin ruwan kasa, gashinsa da gemu suna da kauri, baƙi, kuma mai lankwasawa, kuma fuskarsa koyaushe tana da baƙin ciki da tunani. "  Tambaya: wace shekara ce aka yi imani da cewa an haifi Dante
1265 Ƙungiyar