# Cardinal della Volta — Hadrian the Seventh character guide

> Cardinal della Volta in Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Della Volta, della Volta

**First appearance:** 0026-xxiii

## Who they are

A cardinal involved in Vatican politics.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/iv)

Former Majordomo, one of the Compromissaries, noted as Hadrian's double.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/vi)

His likeness to someone Courtleigh remembered sparked the chain of thought leading to Hadrian.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/viii)

Ventures that His Holiness leans on the theory that the Church was never more powerful than now.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xvii)

Shows ordinary but sympathetic curiosity, tasked with overseeing the treasure dispersal.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xx)

Identified as the Pope's double; wears the same habit as Hadrian to demonstrate the truth.

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