Rinaldo

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Italian, Carolingian Cycle

Pronounced Pron. /ri.ˈnal.do/(Italian)

Meaning & History

Italian form of Reynold. This is the Italian name of the hero Renaud, appearing as the cousin of Orlando in the Orlando poems (1483 and 1532) by Boiardo and Ariosto. A different version of this character features in the poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580) by Torquato Tasso.