# Tedaldo Elisei — The Decameron character guide

> Tedaldo Elisei in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Tedaldo

**First appearance:** 0030-the-third-story

## Snapshot

A Florentine exile who returns disguised as a pilgrim to find his beloved married, and sets about winning her back with patience and wit.

## Who they are

Tedaldo is a lover of the old school — faithful, resourceful, and willing to wait. Exiled from Florence after a quarrel, he comes home in pilgrim's garb to discover his lady has married another, and rather than rage or despair, he engineers a quiet reconciliation. His story is the Decameron's meditation on constancy: love that survives absence, disguise, and another man's ring, and the question of whether a woman's heart can be reclaimed by merit alone.

## Relationships

### [Aldobrandino Palermini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/characters/aldobrandino_palermini)

_family_

Aldobrandino Palermini is the brother of Tedaldo Elisei, and their relationship involves family conflict and eventual reconciliation.

### [Aldobrandino Palermini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/characters/aldobrandino_palermini)

_family_

Aldobrandino Palermini is the brother of Tedaldo Elisei, and their relationship involves family conflict and eventual reconciliation.

## In the story

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

One of the three brothers who squander their wealth; later restored by Alessandro's marriage.

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

Protagonist who, after losing his mistress's favor, leaves Florence, becomes a wealthy merchant in Cyprus, and returns disguised as a pilgrim to reclaim his love and save her husband.

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