Madonna Jancofiore appears in Dioneo’s eighth tale (VIII, 10). Like the Sicilian Woman (II, 5), she is a very beautiful conwoman living in Sicily who scams Salabaetto out of his money, demonstrating the power of female beauty and male lust. However, her greediness causes her to fall into Salabaetto’s trap, and she becomes the victim of a version of her own con.