# The Black Friar — Don Juan character guide

> The Black Friar in Don Juan by Lord Byron.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The sable Friar

**First appearance:** 0021-canto-xvi

## Who they are

A ghostly apparition that haunts the Amundeville castle and frightens guests.

## In the story

### [Canto XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_juan_se/chapters/canto-xvi)

Legendary ghost of Norman Abbey; appears to Juan in the gallery.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_juan_se/chapters/endnotes)

Discussed in notes about the Newstead Abbey ghost legend and its depiction in Don Juan.

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