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Garcia Maria de Allande
Father Ferrand is a French-Irish bishop, based on the real historical figure John Baptist Purcell. In both life and the novel, the bishop was placed in charge of a large diocese in Ohio, encompassing much of the Great Lakes region; in real life, Purcell advocated for Jean Baptiste Lamy, just as the fictional Ferrand champions Latour. Cather depicts Ferrand as single-minded and stubborn, having lost interest in fine food and art after the hardships of life in America.
Father Ferrand Quotes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
The Death Comes for the Archbishop quotes below are all either spoken by Father Ferrand or refer to Father Ferrand. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3: The Wooden Parrot
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“At Ácoma,” [Father Jesus] said, “you can see something very holy. They have their portrait of St. Joseph, sent to them by one of the Kings of Spain, long ago, and it has worked many miracles. If the season is dry, the Ácoma people take the picture down to their farms at Ácoma, and it never fails to produce rain. They have rain when none falls in all the country, and may have crops when the Laguna Indians have none.”
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Father Ferrand Quotes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
The Death Comes for the Archbishop quotes below are all either spoken by Father Ferrand or refer to Father Ferrand. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 3: The Wooden Parrot
Quotes
“At Ácoma,” [Father Jesus] said, “you can see something very holy. They have their portrait of St. Joseph, sent to them by one of the Kings of Spain, long ago, and it has worked many miracles. If the season is dry, the Ácoma people take the picture down to their farms at Ácoma, and it never fails to produce rain. They have rain when none falls in all the country, and may have crops when the Laguna Indians have none.”
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