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Abbot Radulfus
In both the novels and in history, Radulfus succeeded Heribert as abbot at Shrewsbury. The historical Radulfus (also known as Ranulph, Ralph) died around 1148....
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Rhun
Child lame from an early age healed by Saint Winnifred in Shrewsbury who joined the Benedictine order after his miracle. First as a novice and then as a full brother. Following the miracle that St. Winnifred gave him he developed a proprietary interest in...
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Brother Cadfael
Cadfael is a Benedictine monk and herbalist at Shrewsbury Abbey in Shrewsbury, the county town of the English county of Shropshire. Cadfael himself is a Welshman; his full name is Cadfael ap (son of) Meilyr ap Dafydd and he was born in May 1080 to a ville...
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Prior Robert Pennant
Priest and monk at the Abbey. He is ambitious, patrician, and devoted to the rules. He often “looks down his long patrician nose” at others. He is 51 years old, with little change in his appearance in ten years – tall, silvery haired. He expects to be nam...