# Messer Ricciardo di Chinzica — The Decameron character guide

> Messer Ricciardo di Chinzica in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Messer Ricciardo, Ricciardo di Chinzica, Ricciardo

**First appearance:** 0071-the-eighth-story

## Who they are

An elderly judge who marries a young wife and cannot satisfy her.

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