# Gabriel — The Decameron character guide

> Gabriel in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Angel Gabriel, Angel Gabriel

**First appearance:** 0034-the-seventh-story

## Who they are

The archangel whose name a corrupt friar steals to slip into a Venetian woman's bed, trading heaven's authority for earthly appetite.

## Relationships

### [Fra Alberto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/characters/fra_alberto)

_psychological_

Fra Alberto adopts the persona of Gabriel to deceive Madam Beritola, representing his own manipulative and fraudulent nature.

### [Fra Alberto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/characters/fra_alberto)

_psychological_

Fra Alberto adopts the persona of Gabriel to deceive Madam Beritola, representing his own manipulative and fraudulent nature.

## In the story

### [The Second Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-second-story)

The angel Gabriel, impersonated by Fra Alberto to deceive Madam Lisetta.

### [The Tenth Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-tenth-story)

The Angel Gabriel, whose feather Fra Cipolla claims to possess as a holy relic.

## Links

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