Boccaccino de Chellino

Boccaccino di Chellino (d. 1349) was the father of the famous Florentine Renaissance writer, Giovanni Boccaccio. During his life, Chellino worked for the Compagnia dei Bardi, a banking company owned by the powerful Florentine Bardi family. Chellino later became the Florentine minister of supply at a time when the city was dealing with the Black Death.