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Nicholas of Morimondo
Although Fra Dolcino does not appear in the story, other characters frequently refer to him, and Remigio and Salvatore were among his followers. Dolcino was a radical reformer who split off from the Franciscan order, preaching absolute poverty and renunciation of property. He and his followers lived in the hills and raided local villages, until they were defeated by the authorities and Dolcino was publicly executed.
Fra Dolcino Quotes in The Name of the Rose
The The Name of the Rose quotes below are all either spoken by Fra Dolcino or refer to Fra Dolcino. 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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Third Day
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This is the illusion of heresy. The faith a movement proclaims doesn't count: what counts is the hope it offers. Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only to keep the leper as he is.
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Fifth Day
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What Bernard wanted was clear. Without the slightest interest in knowing who had killed the other monks, he wanted only to show that Remigio somehow shared the ideas propounded by the Emperor's theologians. And once he had shown the connection between those ideas […] and had shown that one man in that abbey subscribed to all those heresies and had been the author of many crimes, he would thus have dealt a truly mortal blow to his adversaries.
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Fra Dolcino Quotes in The Name of the Rose
The The Name of the Rose quotes below are all either spoken by Fra Dolcino or refer to Fra Dolcino. 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:
).
Third Day
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This is the illusion of heresy. The faith a movement proclaims doesn't count: what counts is the hope it offers. Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only to keep the leper as he is.
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Fifth Day
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What Bernard wanted was clear. Without the slightest interest in knowing who had killed the other monks, he wanted only to show that Remigio somehow shared the ideas propounded by the Emperor's theologians. And once he had shown the connection between those ideas […] and had shown that one man in that abbey subscribed to all those heresies and had been the author of many crimes, he would thus have dealt a truly mortal blow to his adversaries.
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