# Giles Birdcatcher — Penguin Island character guide

> Giles Birdcatcher in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i-life-of-saint-ma-l

## Who they are

A minor character in the early or medieval sections.

## In the story

### [Signs in the Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/vii-signs-in-the-moon)

A Franciscan monk and scholar, also known as Aegidius Aucupis, who studies mathematics, music, medicine, and astrology, and is accused of magic.

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