# Giacomino da Pavia — The Decameron character guide

> Giacomino da Pavia in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Giacomino

**First appearance:** 0047-the-eighth-story

## Snapshot

A soldier-settler of Faenza who raises a dead comrade's daughter as his own, only to see her beauty ignite a rivalry he cannot control.

## Who they are

Giacomino inherits not wealth but a ten-year-old girl and a soldier's dying trust, and he carries both back to a Faenza finally at peace. His quiet, paternal care for the girl makes him the pivot on which two hot-blooded suitors, Giannole and Minghino, plot their competing schemes. He matters because his household becomes the stage where love, class, and mistaken identity collide, forcing the city to sort out who this girl truly is.

## In the story

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

Guardian of Guidotto's daughter; returns to Faenza and arranges her marriage after the abduction attempt.

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