The Name of The Rose - Characters

Characters

Primary characters

• William of Baskerville—main protagonist, a Franciscan friar
• Adso of Melk—narrator, Benedictine novice accompanying William

At the monastery

• Abo of Fossanova—the abbot of the Benedictine monastery, the sixth to die
• Severinus of Sankt Wendel—herbalist who helps William, the fourth to die
• Malachi of Hildesheim—librarian, the fifth to die
• Berengar of Arundel—assistant librarian, in love with Adelmo, the third to die
• Adelmo of Otranto—illuminator, novice, the first to die
• Venantius of Salvemec—translator of manuscripts, the second to die
• Benno of Uppsala—student of rhetoric
• Alinardo of Grottaferrata—eldest monk
• Jorge of Burgos—elderly blind monk, former librarian, the seventh to die
• Remigio of Varagine—cellarer
• Salvatore of Montferrat—monk, associate of Remigio
• Nicholas of Morimondo—glazier
• Aymaro of Alessandria—gossipy, sneering monk
• Pacificus of Tivoli
• Peter of Sant’Albano
• Waldo of Hereford
• Magnus of Iona
• Patrick of Clonmacnois
• Rabano of Toledo

Outsiders

• Ubertino of Casale—Franciscan friar in exile, friend of William
• Michael of Cesena—leader of Spiritual Franciscans
• Bernardo Gui—Inquisitor
• Bertrand del Poggetto—Cardinal and leader of the Papal legation
• Peasant girl from the village below the monastery