Biancifiore

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Biancifiore is a central heroine in Giovanni Boccaccio’s prose romance *Il Filocolo*, renowned for her beauty, virtue, and tragic love story with Florio.

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Biancifiore canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
heroine
literary character
appearsIn Il Filocolo
appearsInGenre medieval romance
associatedWithAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio
characterType idealized beloved
countryOfOrigin Italy
createdBy Giovanni Boccaccio
genre prose romance
hasNameEtymology Italian for “white flower”
hasRomanticPartner Florio
hasTheme courtly love
fidelity in love
separation and reunion
influencedByTradition courtly love tradition
medieval chivalric romance
isCharacterIn Italian literature
languageOfWork Italian
literaryPeriod Trecento
notableFor beauty
tragic love story
virtue
partOf Boccaccio’s early narrative fiction
protagonistIn Il Filocolo
roleInWork central heroine
settingOfStory medieval Mediterranean world
sharesWorkWithCharacter Florio
symbolizes ideal beauty
purity

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Il Filocolo mainCharacters Biancifiore
Florio hasRomanticInterest Biancifiore
Florio pairedWith Biancifiore