# Gabriotto — The Decameron character guide

> Gabriotto in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0041-the-second-story

## Snapshot

A young lover whose sudden death in his beloved's arms turns a tale of secret passion into one of the collection's most haunting losses.

## Who they are

Gabriotto moves in the world of noble households and clandestine romance, where love must be hidden from watchful families. His bond with his beloved is tender and doomed, and the abruptness of his end — collapsing in her embrace — crystallizes the fragility that shadows all the Decameron's lovers. His death shapes the story's emotional core and gives the brigata one of its starkest meditations on how quickly joy can turn to grief.

## In the story

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

Andrevuola's secret husband; dies suddenly in her arms after telling his dream.

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