Hadrian the Seventh · Character
Signor Barconi
An Italian merchant or banker.
minor
First appearance: endnotes
Signor Barconi shows up with force in XXI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Officiates at an instrument in the apostolic antechamber until carried away in nervous collapse.
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