The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Peter Bartholemy
Also known as Bartholemy of Marseilles
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 263
A priest whose claims of divine revelation carry the weight of both spiritual authority and personal ambition, marked by the physical evidence of his trials.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 263
- Books
- 1
Peter Bartholemy, also known as Bartholemy of Marseilles, was a priest of low cunning and loose manners from the diocese of Marseilles who claimed divine revelation about the Holy Lance. During his trial by fire, his thighs and belly were scorched, and he died the following day.
Description
Middle-aged priest with burn scars on thighs and belly, wearing simple clerical robes, cunning expression, from Marseilles, carrying religious artifacts, weathered appearance
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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