Hadrian the Seventh · Character

Cardinal Courtleigh

A cardinal and physician who attends to Hadrian.

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Also known as Courtleigh, Dr. Courtleigh

First appearance: ix

Cardinal Courtleigh shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Appointed as a Compromissary; spends evening alone reading archiepiscopal correspondence and reflecting.

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In II: Appointed as a Compromissary; spends evening alone reading archiepiscopal correspondence and reflecting. Later, in IV: Mentioned as…

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In this scene, Hadrian reaches an emotional and psychological peak by violently rejecting his own past efforts…

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II
Appointed as a Compromissary; spends evening alone reading archiepiscopal correspondence and reflecting.
IV
Mentioned as one of the nine Cardinal-Compromissaries who elected Hadrian.
V
Labelled an 'academic anarchist' by Orezzo, later invited by Hadrian to Castel Gandolfo.
VI
Defends the clergy but ultimately submits to Hadrian's authority and explains the election process.
XXI
Pleads age and infirmity, is relieved of his archbishopric by Hadrian, and asks to end his days in the college he founded.

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