person
Friar Róbert
Friar
also: Barát, Barát Róbert, Brother Robert
A fictional composite of the Hungarian Franciscan friars in Endre's entourage; in the drama he is the drama's arch-villain — a scheming clerical politician who manipulates everyone to gain control of Naples, poisoned by Ágnes and dying in the Aversa assassination scene.
Reading notes
- Andrew of Naples §1 Friar
Historical figure Friar Robert (Barát Róbert), Endre's Hungarian tutor and confessor; in the drama he is the scheming clerical manipulator who recruits Taranto to destroy Endre for failing to champion church interests.