THE NAME OF THE ROSE Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Remy Hale

CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Pro Emperor Louis   King of the Franks.   Pope Clement VII   Former Pope. Ruler of the Papal States.   Frederick II   King of Sicily, Germany, Italy and Holy Roman Emperor.   John XXII   Head of the Catholic Church. Former Pope.   Michael of Cesena   Italian theologian.   Marsilius of Padua   Italian scholar. He was an important 14th century political figure.   John of Jandun   French philosopher.   William of Baskerville   Franciscan friar.   Roger Bacon English philosopher. 1     FIRST DAY       PRIME   Remigio of Varagine   The cellarer of the monastery.   Adso   An old man living in a German monastery.   Brunellus   Abbotts favorite horse.   Alanus de Insulis   French theologian.   Isidore of Seville   Spanish historian.   Jean Buridan French philosopher.   Honorius Augustodunensis 12th century Christian theologian.   Guillaume Durand French journalist.       TERCE   Adelmo of Otranto   A monk who is the library's manuscript scholar.   Aristotle   Greek philosopher.   Ubertino of Casale   Leader of Franciscan spirituals.       SEXT   Salvatore of Montferrat   Assistant of Remigio of Varagine.   Dante Alighiere Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher.   Saint Francis of Assissi   An Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic and preacher.   Joachim of Fiore   Italian Christian theologian.   Thomas Aquinas Italian philosopher.   Bonaventure of Bagnoregio   Italian philosopher.   Gerard of Borgo   Italian friar.   Raymond de Gaufredi   Minister general of the Franciscan.   Angelus Clarenus Founder and leader of one of the groups of Fraticelli.   Pierre Olieu Preached the prophesies of Joachim.   Peter of Murrone   Ruler of the Papal States for five months.   Giovanne Collona Roman Catholic cardinal during the Avignon papacy.   Giambattista Orsini Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and served as papal legate.   Boniface VIII   Former Pope. Ruler of the Papal States.   Angela of Foligno   Italian Franciscan tertiary known as mystic from her writings.   Bonagratia of Bergamo   Franciscan layman of the 14th century.   William of Ockham   English philosopher.   Clare of Montefalco   Augustinian nun and abbess.   Margaret of Castello   Italian professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic.   Bentivenga of Gubbio   Member of the Apostles before he became a friar.   Fra Dolcino Second leader of the Dulcinian reformist movement.   Agnes of Rome   A virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.   Michael Psellus Byzantine writer.   Benedict XI   Former Pope. Head of the Catholic Church.       TOWARD NONES   Severinus of Sankt   In charge of the infirmary where he worked as the abbey herbalist.   Venantius of Salvemec   Translator who worked in the scriptorium.   Berengar of Arundel   Assistant librarian.       AFTER NONES   Malachi of Hildesheism   The librarian in the abbey.   Benno of Uppsala   Scandinavian monk. Assistant librarian after Berengar's death.   Aymaro of Alessandria   A gossipy, sneering monk.   Patrick of Clonmacnois   One of the monks.   Rabano of Toledo   One of the monks.   Magnus of Iona   One of the monks.   Waldo of Hereford   One of the monks.   Roger of Hereford   A medieval astronomer, astrologer, alchemist and mathematician.   Robertus Angelicus 12th century Arabist and theologian.   Rabanus Maurus Frankish Benedictine monk.   Jorge de Burgos   An elderly blind monk.   Alinardo of Grottaferrata   An oldest monk.   Hugh of Saint Victor   Leading theologian and writer on mystical theology.       VESPERS   Nicholas of Morimondo   Master glazier of the abbey.   Salvinus of the Armati   Italian inventor credited with the development of eyeglasses.   Albertus Magnus German Catholic Dominican friar, philosopher and bishop.       COMPLINE   Saint Pachomius   Founder of Christian coenobitic monasticism.   John Chrysostom Served as archbishop of Constantinople.   Petrus Cantor French theologian.   Ambrose   Roman composer.   Saint Lawence   One of the seven deacons of the city of Rome, Italy. 2     SECOND DAY       PRIME   William of Moerbeke   Translator of philosophical and scientific texts from Greek to Latin.       TERCE   Pacificus of Tivoli   a monk who knows a pagan poet very well.   Peter of Sant' Albano   Served as cardinal of Albano.   Apuleius   Latin-language prose writer.   Tyconius   African Donatist writer.   Pliny the Younger   A lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome.   Synesius   Greek bishop of Ptolemaist in ancient Libya.   Aelius Spartianus One of the supposed authors of Historian Augusta.   Emperor Hadrian   Roman emperor.   Decimus Ausonius Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala in Aquitaine.   Paulinus of Nola   Roman poet, writer, and senator   Clement of Alessandria   Christian theologian and philosopher.   Sulpicius Severus Christian writer and native of Aquitania.   Saint Ephrem   Prominent Christian theologian and writer.   Hildebert   French ecclesiastic, hagiographer and theologian.   John of Salisbury   English author, philosopher, educationalist and bishop of Chartres.   Peter Abelard French philosopher, theologian, teacher and poet.   Saint Maurus   The first disciple of Saint Benedict of Nursia.   Joseph ben Caiaphas Jewish highest priest.       SEXT   Sylvester II   French scholar served as the Bishop of Rome.   Publius Statius Roman poet of the 1st century AD.   Marcus Lucanus Roman poet. Known in English as Lucan.       NONES   Saint Andrew   Apostle of Jesus.   Saint Benedict   Founder of the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino.   Gherardo Segarelli Founder of the Apostolic Brethren.   Arnald Amalaricus Bishop of Citeaux.       AFTER VESPERS   Constantine the Great   Made Christianity the main religion in Rome.   Beatus of Liebana   A monk, theologian and geographer.       COMPLINE   Abubakr Ahmad General Secretary of the all India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama.       NIGHT   Alhazen Hasan Muslim Arab mathematician, astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age.   Adelard of Bath   12th century English natural philosopher. 3     THIRD DAY       SEXT   Paolo Zoppo A hermit who lived in the forest of Reith.   Peter of Hermit   A priest of Amiens and a key figure during the People's Crusade.       NONES   Mark of Cornwall   King of Kernow in the early 6th century.   Walter Map A medieval writer. A courier of King Henry II of England.       VESPERS   Bernard Gui A Dominican friar, Bishop of Lodeve and papal inquisitor.   Bertrand del Pogetto French papal diplomat and cardinal.   Pierre de Maricourt   13th century French scholar conducted experiments on magnetism.       AFTER COMPLINE   Pope Gregory X   Former head of the catholic Church.   Bishop Obizzo   A bishop of Parma.   Heloise   A French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar and abbess.   Saint Dominic   Castilian Catholic priest and founder of the Dominican Order.   Pope Clement V   Former head of the Catholic Church.   Louis Savory A writer.   Philip IV of France   King of France from 1285 to1314.   Bartholomew   One of the twelve apostles of Jesus.   Saint Hildegard   German Benedictine abbess, writer, philosopher and polymath. 4     FOURTH DAY       LAUDS   Augustine of Hippo   A theologian, philosopher and bishop of Hippo.       TERCE   King Lysimachus   Macedonian general and successor of Alexander the Great.   Vincent of Beauvais   A Dominican friar at the Cistercian monastery.       SEXT   Robert the Wise   King of Naples.   Genghis Khan Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.   Master Jerome   Bishop of Kaffa.       AFTER COMPLINE   Aldhelm   Bishop of Sherborne, writer and scholar of Latin poetry.   Virgil of Toulouse   A rhetorician.   Saint Columba   Irish abbot and missionary evangelist.   Saint Brendan   One of the early Irish monastic saints.   Basil of Ancyra   A Christian priest in Ancyra, Galatia during the 4th century.       NIGHT   Stephen of Bourbon   A preacher of the Dominican Order.   Jacques Fournier Former head of the Catholic Church. Aka: Pope Benedict XII.   Geoffrey of Carcassonne   The inquisitor.   Bernard Delicieux A Spiritual Franciscan friar. 5     FIFTH DAY       PRIME   Hugh of New Castle   Franciscan theologian.   William Alnwick An English Catholic clergyman.   Jean d' Anneaux Doctor of theology in Paris.   Giovanni Dalbena An inquisitor of Narbonne.   Nicholas of Flue   The patron saint of Switzerland.   William Bloc A bachelor.   Thomas of Bologna   One of the provincial ministers .   Simone of Touraine   One of the provincial ministers.   Pope Nicholas II   Former head of the Catholic Church. aka: Gerard of Burgundy.   Melchizedek   The King of Salem and priest of El Elyon.       TERCE   Trajan   Roman emperor.       NONES   Ayyub Al-Ruhawi A 9th century Arab physician.   Pope Sylvester I   Former bishop of Rome.   Cyprian   Bishop of Carthage and a notable Christian writer.       VESPERS   Pierre de Arrablay French theologian, cardinal and advocate of church reform. 6     SIXTH DAY       PRIME   Queen Helena   The mother of Roman emperor Constantine the Great.   Saint Anne   The mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus.   Saint Matthew   One of the twelve apostles of Jesus.   Saint John de Evangelist   The name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John.   Peter in Rome   One of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ.   Saint Adalbert   Bohemian missionary and Christian saint.   Saint Stephen   A deacon in the early church at Jerusalem.   Helius Eobanus German Latin poet.   Saint Joseph   In the canonical gospels, he was the legal father of Jesus.       TERCE   Saint Jerome   A Latin priest, confessor, theologian and historian.   Solomon   King of Israel.   Margaret of Trent   The companion of Fra Dolcino of Novara.       AFTER TERCE   Pope John VIII   Former bishop of Rome.   Charles the Bald   The 9th century King of West Francia, King of Italy.   Artemidorus   A professional diviner who lived in the 2nd century AD.       SEXT   Robert of Bobbio   Former librarian.       NONES   James the Great   One of the twelve apostles of Jesus.   Pope Innocent III   Former head of the Catholic Church.   Bruno of Cologne   Founder of the Carthusian Order. 7     SEVENTH DAY       NIGHT   Boethius   Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum and philosopher.   Diotisalvi of Florence   Probable architect of the circular Romanesque baptistery at Pisa.       LAST PAGE   Pope Nicholas V   Former head of the Catholic Church.

The Name of the Rose suggested by Elizabeth Robinson