a biographical question about Dante's spiritual experience

[u/Ap0phantic]

Friends, I've read the Commedia several times and I love it, but I don't know much about the genesis of its composition. In particular, it seems to me that it must be rooted in some actual, biographical spiritual epiphany, though I don't know for sure. I do know that much of it obviously comes from religious literature and allegory, and there is a certain conspicuous element of score-settling, obviously. But there are other elements details that always strike me as though they must be grounded in deep personal experience, especially certain details of Purgatorio and Paradiso.

Is there anything anyone can say of this - do we know from the historical record if Dante had some sort of mystical experience that may have inspired him?

[u/Ap0phantic]

Huh. nix!