# Jerry Sant — Hadrian the Seventh character guide

> Jerry Sant in Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Comrade Jerry Sant, Jerry, Jeremiah Sant, Sant, Comrade Jeremiah Sant, The blameless Sant, the virtuous Jerry, XVI Jerry Sant, XIV Jerry Sant

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Snapshot

A socialist agitator and former comrade of Rose, now a cardinal, whose presence keeps the Pope's radical past uncomfortably close.

## Who they are

Jerry Sant moves through the novel as a reminder that Hadrian's old life of political agitation and bare-knuckled poverty did not simply vanish when the white robes went on. His elevation to the cardinalate places a man of the world's causes inside the Church's most intimate circle, and the friction between his socialist instincts and papal absolutism is never fully resolved. He matters because he embodies the question the book keeps asking: whether the Pope's radical sympathies can survive the machinery of the institution he now commands.

## Relationships

### [George Arthur Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/george_arthur_rose)

_friendship_

A close and supportive companionship, often sharing confidences and mutual aid.

### [Mrs. Crowe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/mrs_crowe)

_professional_

A servant-mistress relationship, with Mrs. Crowe as the employer and Jerry Sant as a household worker.

### [Pope Leo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/pope_leo)

_social_

A brief and formal acquaintance, with Jerry Sant appearing in the papal household as a minor figure.

### [Pope Leo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/pope_leo)

_social_

A brief and formal acquaintance, with Jerry Sant appearing in the papal household as a minor figure.

### [Mrs. Crowe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/mrs_crowe)

_professional_

A servant-mistress relationship, with Mrs. Crowe as the employer and Jerry Sant as a household worker.

### [George Arthur Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/george_arthur_rose)

_friendship_

A close and supportive companionship, often sharing confidences and mutual aid.

### [Pope Leo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/pope_leo)

_social_

A brief and formal acquaintance, with Jerry Sant appearing in the papal household as a minor figure.

### [Mrs. Crowe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/characters/mrs_crowe)

_professional_

A servant-mistress relationship, with Mrs. Crowe as the employer and Jerry Sant as a household worker.

## In the story

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/x)

A socialist delegate from the north who reveals he used to know the Pope, causing a stir among the Archsocialists.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xi)

Member of the Liblab deputation, leaves the Vatican dazed and suspicious of being bribed.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xii)

Stays at the Hotel Nike, approves of Mrs. Crowe's scheme, and keeps socialism in the background.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xiv)

Sends a threatening letter to Hadrian on behalf of the Liblab Fellowship.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xvi)

Gnaws his moustache in frustration, feels ignored by the Pope, and writes a press attack against Hadrian to maintain his influence.

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

Sits up at Hotel Nike expecting Hadrian to flee, plans to admit him to Liblab Fellowship.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xix)

Attempts to blackmail Hadrian for forty thousand pounds, becomes enraged when refused, and threatens further public exposure.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xxi)

Separates from Mrs. Crowe after a heated argument, remaining brooding and dangerous at his hotel.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadrian_the_seventh_se/chapters/xxiv)

Assassinates Hadrian by shooting Him; is forgiven and freed by the Pope before being torn by the crowd.

## Links

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