Definitions for Boccaccio
bəˈkɑ tʃoʊ, -tʃiˌoʊboc·cac·cio

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1. Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccionoun

   Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375)

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1. boccaccio

   Giovanni Boccaccio (UK: , US: , Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes simply known as "the Certaldese" and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century. Some scholars (including Vittore Branca) define him as the greatest European prose writer of his time, a versatile writer who amalgamated different literary trends and genres, making them converge in original works, thanks to a creative activity exercised under the banner of experimentalism. His most notable works are The Decameron, a collection of short stories which in the following centuries was a determining element for the Italian literary tradition, especially after Pietro Bembo elevated the Boccaccian style to a model of Italian prose in the sixteenth century, and On Famous Women. He wrote his imaginative literature mostly in Tuscan vernacular, as well as other works in Latin, and is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from that of his contemporaries, medieval writers who usually followed formulaic models for character and plot. The influence of Boccaccio's works was not limited to the Italian cultural scene but extended to the rest of Europe, exerting influence on authors such as Geoffrey Chaucer, a key figure in English literature, or later on Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega and the Spanish classical theater. Boccaccio, together with Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarca, is part of the so-called "Three Crowns" of Italian literature. He is remembered for being one of the precursors of humanism, of which he helped lay the foundations in the city of Florence, in conjunction with the activity of his friend and teacher Petrarch. He was the one who initiated Dante's criticism and philology: Boccaccio devoted himself to copying codices of the Divine Comedy and was a promoter of Dante's work and figure. In the twentieth century, Boccaccio was the subject of critical-philological studies by Vittore Branca and Giuseppe Billanovich, and his Decameron was transposed to the big screen by the director and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini. A kindly thing it is to have compassion of the afflicted and albeit it well beseemeth every one, yet of those is it more particularly required who have erst had need of comfort and have found it in any, amongst whom, if ever any had need thereof or held it dear or took pleasure therein aforetimes, certes, I am one of these.

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1. boccaccio

   Boccaccio is the surname of Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important renaissance humanist. He is best known for his work "The Decameron," a collection of 100 novellas that had a huge impact on European literature. He was born in Florence, Italy, in 1313 and died in 1375. Boccaccio is considered one of the greatest writers in Italian literature.

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1. Boccaccio

   Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo is an operetta in three acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, based on the play by Jean-François-Antoine Bayard, Adolphe de Leuven, Léon Lévy Brunswick and Arthur de Beauplan, based in turn on the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio. The opera was first performed at the Carltheater, Vienna, February 1, 1879. An English translation was done by Oscar Weil and Gustav Hinrichs ca. 1883.

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1. BOCCACCIO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Boccaccio is ranked #86981 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Boccaccio surname appeared 214 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Boccaccio.
   
   89.7% or 192 total occurrences were White.
   7.4% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Boccaccio in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Boccaccio in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Boccaccio in a Sentence

1. Heinrich Heine:

   The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: It exists in spite of its ministers.”

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Boccaccio
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Boccaccio
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html