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List Of Fictional Clergy And Religious Figures
Clergy and other religious figures have generally represented a popular outlet for pop culture. Some of the more popular clergy, members of religious orders, and other religious personages featured in works of fiction are listed below. Christianity Catholic Church Monks and friars * Frère Jacques * The Monk's Tale, The Monk – ''The Canterbury Tales'' by Geoffrey Chaucer * Friar Tuck – ''Robin Hood'' * Ambrosio – ''The Monk'' * William of Baskerville – ''The Name of the Rose'' * Brother Cadfael – protagonist of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters Nuns * The Second Nun's Tale, The Second Nun – ''The Canterbury Tales'' by Geoffrey Chaucer * Sister Fidelma – protagonist of historical mystery novels by Peter Tremayne * Ciel – Character from Tsukihime and the Melty Blood series * Sister Jeanne – from ''The Devils (film), The Devils'' * Sister Bertrille (and several others) – from ''The Flying Nun'' * Sister Boniface (and others) – from Sister Bonifac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clergy
Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the terms used for individual clergy are clergyman, clergywoman, clergyperson, churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic, and vicegerent while clerk in holy orders has a long history but is rarely used. In Christianity, the specific names and roles of the clergy vary by denomination and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons, elders, priests, bishops, cardinals, preachers, pastors, presbyters, ministers, and the pope. In Islam, a religious leader is often known formally or informally as an imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, sheikh, mullah, muezzin, and ulema. In the Jewish tradition, a religious leader is often a rabbi (teacher) or hazzan (cantor). Etymology The word ''cleric'' comes from the ecclesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melty Blood
, sometimes shortened as , is a series of 2D visual novel fighting game, fighting video games, co-developed by dōjin soft, dōjin dōjin circle, circles Type-Moon and French Bread (game developer), French-Bread as the meta-sequel of Type-Moon's first visual novel ''Tsukihime''. The first game was originally released at Comiket in December 2002, and later spawned multiple sequels, such as an arcade game, arcade version titled ''Act Cadenza'', developed by Ecole Software, which was ported to the PlayStation 2, the first Type-Moon game to receive a console release. The latest title, called ''Melty Blood: Type Lumina'', was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows on September 30, 2021. It serves as a reboot of the series, and takes place in a new continuity first depicted in ''Tsukihime#Remake, Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-'', a remake of the original ''Tsukihime''. A manga series, written and illustrated by Takeru Kirishima, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Dámaso
''Padre'' Dámaso Verdolagas is a fictional character in the novel '' Noli Me Tángere''. The novel was written by José Rizal, one of the leaders of the Propaganda Movement in the Philippines. ''Noli Me Tángere'' (''Touch Me Not'' or "Social Cancer") is a controversial and anticlerical novel that exposed the abuses committed by the Spanish friars (belonging to the Roman Catholic Church) and the Spanish elite in colonial Philippines during the 19th century. The novel, according to the author, represented the state of Philippine society under Spanish colonial rule. It was intended as a liberal-nationalist wake-up call for the people of the Philippines. While the natives (''indios'') were trained to become secular clergy, Spanish priests in the powerful religious orders were given preferential treatment in the assignment to parishes. Character summary Dámaso Verdolagas, a Franciscan Spanish priest, was the former curate of the town of San Diego. He was an enemy of Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Ted Crilly
Father Ted Crilly is the Title character, eponymous main character of the British Channel 4 situation comedy ''Father Ted''. Created by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews (writer), Arthur Mathews, Ted was portrayed by comedian Dermot Morgan for the programme's three series. The character is a morally dubious Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest exiled to Craggy Island, a small island off the coast of Galway in Ireland. The character was originally created by Mathews for a short-lived stand-up routine in the late 1980s. In 1994, Linehan and Mathews cast Morgan in the role for the television series, developing the character to match his abilities. Morgan's performance was acclaimed; after his untimely death on 28 February 1998 from a heart attack, he was awarded a posthumous British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA for his work in the third series. Concept and creation Arthur Mathews had a lifelong fascination with priests, and developed the character of Father Ted whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Brown
Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective. He is featured in 53 short stories by English author G. K. Chesterton, published between 1910 and 1936. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature. Chesterton loosely based him on The Right Reverend, the Rt Rev. Monsignor, Msgr John O'Connor (priest), John O'Connor (1870–1952), a Catholic priest, parish priest in Bradford, who was involved in Chesterton's Religious conversion, conversion to Roman Catholicism, Catholicism in 1922. Since 2013, the character has been portrayed by Mark Williams (actor), Mark Williams in the ongoing BBC television series Father Brown (2013 TV series), ''Father Brown''. Character Father Brown is a short, plain Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human behaviour. His unremarkable, seemingly naïve appearance hides an unexpectedly sharp intelligence and keen powers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996 Film)
''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1831 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and produced by Don Hahn, from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and the writing team of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. Featuring the voices of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, and Kevin Kline, the film follows Quasimodo, the deformed and confined bell-ringer of Notre Dame, and his yearning to explore the outside world and be accepted by society, against the wishes of his cruel, puritanical foster father Claude Frollo, who also wants to exterminate Paris' Romani population. In 1993, David Stainton, then a development executive at Disney Feature Animation, conceived the idea to adapt Victor Hugo's Gothic fiction novel into an animated feature. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Frollo (Disney Character)
Judge Claude Frollo is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Disney's 34th animated film, ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996). He was based on Archdeacon Claude Frollo from Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. Personality Frollo is portrayed in the Disney film as the ruthless, fanatically religious French Minister of Justice. He views the world and everyone in it (except for himself) as corrupt and sinful, and reserves particular hatred for Paris' Romani population, whom he longs to exterminate. Like his original character in Hugo's novel, Frollo adopts Quasimodo as his son and lusts after the Romani girl Esmeralda to the point of obsession and resolves that she will belong to him or he will execute her. Frollo believes everything he does is according to God's will, despite his hypocrisy in lusting after Esmeralda and treating her people and Quasimodo with cruelty. Director Gary Trousdale described the film's Frollo as "a horrible, horrible person", while Tony Jay, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame
''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (, originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which features prominently throughout the novel. It focuses on the unfortunate story of Quasimodo, the Roma street dancer Esmeralda and Quasimodo's guardian the Archdeacon Claude Frollo in 15th-century Paris. All its elements—the Renaissance setting, impossible love affairs and marginalised characters—make the work a model of the literary themes of Romanticism. The novel is considered a classic of French literature and has been adapted repeatedly for film, stage and television. Some prominent examples include a 1923 silent film with Lon Chaney, a 1939 sound film with Charles Laughton, a 1956 film with Anthony Quinn and a 1996 Disney animated film with Tom Hulce. Written during a time of cultural upheaval, the novel champions historical preservation. Hugo solidified Notre-D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Frollo
Claude Frollo () is a fictional Christian clergyman and the main antagonist of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel '' The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (original French title: ''Notre-Dame de Paris''). He is also an alchemist, Renaissance humanist, and intellectual. In his decision to choose a Roman Catholic priest as the primary villain of his novel, Hugo was very much under the influence of the anti-religious currents of the Enlightenment. In the novel Dom Claude Frollo is a pious, highly intelligent French nobleman who was orphaned along with his younger brother Jehan when their parents died of the plague. His studies led him to become the Archdeacon of Josas, which is his position during the events of the novel. He also has inherited a small fief that provides him with a minor source of income which is used to fund his brother Jehan's law studies, but the latter has instead joined "the Scoundrels", an early form of literary bohemia, and Jehan spends most of his time and Frollo's money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry Girls
''Derry Girls'' is a British-produced period teen sitcom set in Derry, Northern Ireland, created and written by Lisa McGee, that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4 and ran for three series. The channel's most successful comedy since ''Father Ted'', the series was inspired by McGee's own experiences growing up in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 1990s, during the final years of the Troubles. It stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, and Dylan Llewellyn as five teenagers living in mid-1990s Derry while attending Our Lady Immaculate College, a fictional girls' Catholic secondary school based on the real-life Thornhill College, where McGee herself studied. Produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions, ''Derry Girls'' was filmed in Northern Ireland, with most scenes shot on location in Derry and some in Belfast. Although the plot lines of ''Derry Girls'' are fictional, the series frequently references actual e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Ted
''Father Ted'' is a sitcom created by Irish writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews (writer), Arthur Mathews and produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions for British television channel Channel 4. It aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, including a Christmas special, for a total of List of Father Ted episodes, 25 episodes. It aired on Nine Network (series 1) and ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television (series 2 and 3) in Australia, and on TV2 (New Zealand), TV2 in New Zealand. Set on the fictional Craggy Island, a remote location off Ireland's west coast, ''Father Ted'' stars Dermot Morgan as Father Ted Crilly, alongside fellow priests Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon) and Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Dishonourably exiled on the island by Bishop Leonard Brennan (Jim Norton (Irish actor), Jim Norton) for various reasons, the priests live together in the parochial house with their housekeeper Mrs Doyle (Pauli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil (TV Series)
''Evil'' is an American supernatural drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King that premiered on September 26, 2019, on CBS, before moving to Paramount+ for subsequent seasons. It features an ensemble cast led by Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, and Aasif Mandvi as three individuals from vastly different backgrounds who are tasked by the Catholic Church to investigate possible supernatural incidents. The series was produced by CBS Studios and King Size Productions and filmed in Astoria and Brooklyn in New York City. In May 2021, it was confirmed that the series would move to Paramount+, where the second season premiered in June 2021. The third season premiered in June 2022 and the fourth and final season premiered in May 2024, with the series finale airing on August 22, 2024. ''Evil'' has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for its performances, characters, writing, direction and cinematography. Premise Skeptical forensic psychologist Dr. Kriste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
