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Orlando Furioso · Character

Jocundo

A knight who tests women's fidelity.

minor

Also known as young Jocundo

First appearance: canto i

Jocundo shows up with force in Canto XXVIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Brother of Faustus Latinus, accompanies Astolpho in testing women's fidelity.
In the storyCanto XXVIIIOpen this moment free
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RORogeroZEZerbinoPOPolinessoBRBradamantCHCharlemagneJOJocundo

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  • Miscellaneous Characters
  • Protagonist
  • Primary Christian and Saracen Knights

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SetupAftermathClimax
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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Jocundo in canto i
See Jocundo in Canto XXVIII