Florio

E480499

Florio is the noble protagonist of Giovanni Boccaccio’s prose romance *Il Filocolo*, whose love for Biancifiore drives the work’s central adventures.

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Florio canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary protagonist
nobleman
appearsIn Il Filocolo NERFINISHED
associatedWith love romance tradition
medieval Italian literature
basedOn earlier French and Latin Floris and Blancheflour tradition
belongsToLiteraryCycle Floris and Blancheflour romances NERFINISHED
centralThemeRelation courtly love
correspondsTo Floris (of Floris and Blancheflour) NERFINISHED
createdBy Giovanni Boccaccio NERFINISHED
drivesPlotThrough quest for Biancifiore
experiences exile and wandering
genreOfWorkContext prose romance
hasMotivation love for Biancifiore
hasRomanticInterest Biancifiore NERFINISHED
hasSocialStatus noble
isSubjectOf love adventures
tests of fidelity
languageOfWorkContext Italian
narrativeFunction lover-knight archetype
nationalityInFiction generally presented as foreign/noble prince (varies by version)
occupiesNarrativePosition central hero
pairedWith Biancifiore NERFINISHED
prefiguresMotifsIn Decameron (love tales contextually) NERFINISHED
roleInWork protagonist
symbolizes constancy in love
faithful lover
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting medieval era
undergoes adventures
separation from Biancifiore
trials
workFormContext prose narrative

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