Pierre Roger, known as Clement
also known as Clement, Holy Father, pope, Pierre Roger, dead pope, dead man, second pope, pope in white, true pope, white pope, pretender, pontiff, His Holiness
Identity revealed in ch.38
Pierre Roger, known as Clement has been living as Baal'Zebuth — since ch.32.
The real Pope Clement VI was dead, preserved in a wine barrel; the figure acting as pope since at least chapter 32 was an impostor (Baal'Zebuth).
Pierre Roger, known as Pope Clement VI, was murdered in his private study by painted figures called the bathers, who suffocated him. His body was preserved in a wine barrel for months until Delphine resurrected him, leaving him alive but naked, shivering, and terrified from an experience in Hell.
Pierre Roger, known as Clement, was the pope murdered in the room of the stag and later resurrected by Delphine. At the feast in the courtyard of honor, he entered in white papal vestments to denounce the false pope as a devil, and was rescued by soldiers after Delphine was killed.
Pierre Roger, known as Pope Clement VI, was murdered in an adulterous affair but resurrected by Delphine. After a terrifying experience in Hell, he returned transformed, now a benevolent leader who publicly begged forgiveness for his past folly. He canceled the crusade and pogroms, commanding Christians and Jews to work together to aid the injured and rebuild.
Actions
- Was murdered in the room of the stag by bathers from the fresco, who suffocated him with an arm down his throat · revealed ch.38
- Was resurrected by Delphine, sitting up in the wine barrel and expressing thick, dark wine from his nose and mouth · revealed ch.38
- Asked Delphine if she was an angel, then cried and said it was good that angels were coming · revealed ch.38
- Entered the courtyard of honor with a troop of soldiers in cross-key tabards, the captain of the guard among them · revealed ch.39
- Held a crosier in his right hand and had the peasant girl holding his left · revealed ch.39
- Shouted 'False pope! You know you are a devil! Show your true form or depart!' · revealed ch.39
- Gave an address in front of St. Peter’s asking all men to pray for God’s mercy and for a swift rebuilding · revealed ch.43
- Said he had been in the grips of a long fever and begged forgiveness for his folly · revealed ch.43
- Commanded de Chauliac to marshal other doctors, Christians and Jews together, to treat the injured · revealed ch.43
Secrets
- Was having an adulterous affair with his niece by marriage, Célèste, in the room of the stag · revealed ch.38
Status
- Was dead, preserved in a wine barrel in the palace wine storehouse since August · revealed ch.38
- Was alive again, naked, shivering, and terrified, having been in Hell · revealed ch.38
- Was shaking but did not run, holding Delphine's hand for strength · revealed ch.39
- Was grabbed by men and run with him for the palace after Delphine was speared · revealed ch.39
- Was not the same man who had lorded over the feast in the Grand Tinel and called forth the dead stags; now radiated benevolence, his smile beginning in his heart · revealed ch.43
- Declared there would be no crusade in this time of pestilence, and no pogrom against the Jews; any harming a child of Israel would be cut off from the salve of the church · revealed ch.43
Nothing has been revealed about Pierre Roger, known as Clement yet at this point in the book.