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Fra Serafino da Imola

A Franciscan friar and scholar, a friend to Bellarion.

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Also known as Fra Serafino of Imola

First appearance: ii the grey friar

Fra Serafino da Imola shows up with force in I: The Threshold. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as the author of the monkish 'Vita et Gesta Bellarionis', which provides an alternative account of Bellarion's name.
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See Fra Serafino da Imola in ii the grey friar

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FBFrancesco Buso…MAMesser AliprandiBEBellarionTOTheodore of Mo…OBOttone BuonterzoFSFra Serafino da Imola

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  • Other

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  • Facino Cane's Inner Circle
  • Facino Cane's Captains
  • Protagonist
  • Milanese Nobility and Rivals

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  • Breaking point

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See Fra Serafino da Imola in ii the grey friar