Jucundus (variants include Giocondo, Iocundus, Iucundus, Jocund, Jucundus, Jukund), is a given name or surname of several people and of similar Christian saints. It may refer to:

Saints

*Saint Giocondiano (3rd century), martyr in Africa. His feast is celebrated on 4 July *Saint Jucunda (4th century – 466). His feast is celebrated on 25 November *Saint Jucunda, martyr in

Nicomedia Nicomedia (; el, Νικομήδεια, ''Nikomedeia''; modern İzmit) was an ancient Greek city located in what is now Turkey. In 286, Nicomedia became the eastern and most senior capital city of the Roman Empire (chosen by the emperor Diocletia ...

. His feast is celebrated on 27 July *Saint Jucundus (3rd century – 250), martyr in Africa. His feast is celebrated on 9 January * (; 4th century – c. 407), bishop of Aosta, Ursus of Aosta served as his Archdeacon. A companion of Gratus of Aosta to the Holy Land, he was killed with Saint Nicasius at Rheims in the fifth century. His feast day is celebrated on 30 December *Saint Jucundus (or Iocundus), of Bologna (; c. 5th century), bishop of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

. His feast day is celebrated on 14 November *Saint Jucundus of Sirmium (4th century), martyr in

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...

. His feast is celebrated on 6 January *Saint Jucundus of Troyes (3rd century – 273), martyr in

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

. His feast is celebrated on 21 July

People

Francesco del Giocondo Lisa del Giocondo (; ; June 15, 1479 – July 15, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the ''Mona Lisa'', her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Le ...

(1465–15th or 16th century), Florentine silk merchant, politician, and patron of the Arts *

Gioconda Belli Gioconda Belli (born December 9, 1948 in Managua, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan author, novelist and poet. Early life Gioconda Belli grew up in a wealthy family in Managua. Her father is Humberto Belli Zapata and her brother is Humbe ...

(born 1948), Nicaraguan author, novelist, and poet *

Gioconda de Vito Gioconda de Vito (26 July 1907 – 14 October 1994) was an Italian-British classical violinist. (The dates 22 June 1907 and 24 October 1994 also appear in some sources.Campbell, Margaret (11 November 1994Obituary: Gioconda de Vito ''The Independ ...

(1907–1994), Italian-British classical violinist * Giocondo Albertolli (1742–1840), Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor who was active in Italy *

Giovanni Giocondo Giovanni Giocondo, Order of Friars Minor, (c. 1433 – 1515) was an Italian friar, architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar. Biography Giovanni Giocondo was born in Verona around 1433. He joined the Dominican Order at the ...

(Friar Giovanni Giocondo, O.F.M.; 1430s–1510s), Italian friar, architect, antiquary, archaeologist, and classical scholar *

Joyce Lussu Joyce Salvadori Paleotti (8 May 1912 – 4 November 1998), better known by her married name Joyce Lussu, was an Italian writer, translator and partisan. Biography She was born in Florence as Gioconda Beatrice Salvadori Paleotti to parents from t ...

(born Gioconda Beatrice Salvadori Paleotti; 1912–1998), Italian writer, translator, and partisan *Jucundus, 5th-century Bishop of Sufetula (modern-day

Sbeitla Sbeitla or Sufetula ( ber, Sbitla or Seftula, ar, سبيطلة ') is a small town in west-central Tunisia. Nearby are the Byzantine ruins of Sufetula, containing the best preserved Byzantine forum temples in Tunisia. It was the entry point of the ...

, Tunisia) *

Lisa del Giocondo Lisa del Giocondo (; ; June 15, 1479 – July 15, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the ''Mona Lisa'', her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Le ...

(1479–16th-century), (also known as Lisa Gherardini, Lisa di Antonio Maria (or Antonmaria) Gherardini and Mona Lisa; 1479–1542 or c. 1551), a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany in Italy

Art

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Gioconda's Smile Gioconda's Smile ( el, Το Χαμόγελο της Τζοκόντας, italic=yes) is one of the most famous albums by Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. It is considered one of the classic albums of 20th-century music in Greece. The album was re ...

'' (1965), a 1965 album by Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis * ''La Gioconda'' (opera) (1876), an 1876 opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on ''Angelo, tyran de Padoue,'' a play in prose by Victor Hugo *''

Mona Lisa The ''Mona Lisa'' ( ; it, Gioconda or ; french: Joconde ) is a half-length portrait painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known ...

'' (''The Mona Lisa'', ''La Gioconda'', ''La Joconde'', or ''Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo''; c. 1503–1519), half-length portrait of a woman by Leonardo da Vinci.

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