# Verona under Cangrande della Scala shelters the exile as court patronage, a dependence path not a republic

Date: 1312

## The fact

Verona under Cangrande della Scala sheltered Dante as court patronage. The instrument is that dependence, not a republic of letters. Dante Alighieri's documented role is: He accepted Scaliger hospitality. Cangrande is the named signore. Medium confidence on unique stipend figures, none invented.

## Context

Cangrande is the named signore. Sharing unnamed court officers is required. The Comedy's dedicatory neighbourhood is later colour. The setting of Verona under Cangrande della Scala shelters the exile as court patronage, a dependence path not a republic is the public file around 1312-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [institutional-corruption](/drivers/institutional-corruption) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Dante, Verona / Cangrande neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante-Alighieri (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Dante, exile courts at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/ (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — Dante, Verona / Cangrande neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante-Alighieri; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Dante, exile courts (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Dante, Verona / Cangrande neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante-Alighieri; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from Verona under Cangrande della Scala shelters the exile as court patronage, a dependence path not a republic on 1312-01-01. Exile sheltered on a signorial payroll is a patronage path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Verona under Cangrande della Scala shelters the exile as court patronage, a dependence path not a republic under 1312-01-01 for Dante Alighieri. Established: a sourced public record of Verona under Cangrande della Scala shelters the exile as court patronage, a dependence path not a republic under 1312-01-01.

The attached driver is institutional-corruption. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not invent a unique stipend series. Dedicatory language in later letters is neighbouring. Mixed effects of Verona under Cangrande della Scala shelters the exile as court patronage, a dependence path not a republic are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Verona under Cangrande della Scala shelters the exile as court patronage, a dependence path not a republic. Naming Dante Alighieri does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1312-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Dante Alighieri: https://factrail.ai/people/dante-alighieri

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dante-Alighieri

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/dan-verona-patronage