# Faustina — Short Fiction character guide

> Faustina in Short Fiction by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Faustina, Old Faustina, VI Old Faustina

**First appearance:** 0024-the-story-of-a-country-house

## Who they are

An elderly woman, possibly a servant or matriarch in a household.

## Relationships

### [Emperor Tiberius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/characters/emperor_tiberius)

_psychological_

Emperor Tiberius is morbidly obsessed with Faustina, leading to a dark, possessive relationship.

### [Emperor Tiberius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/characters/emperor_tiberius)

_psychological_

Emperor Tiberius is morbidly obsessed with Faustina, leading to a dark, possessive relationship.

### [Emperor Tiberius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/characters/emperor_tiberius)

_psychological_

Emperor Tiberius is morbidly obsessed with Faustina, leading to a dark, possessive relationship.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/ii)

The old woman living in the vinedresser's hut, revealed to be the Emperor's former nurse who left Capri.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/iii)

The old woman who left Emperor Tiberius and now lives with the vinedresser and his wife; she makes periodic journeys to Rome to check on Tiberius's welfare.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/iv)

Old Faustina returns to Capri, witnessing the decay of Tiberius' villa and the emperor's severe illness.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/v)

Old Faustina sends money via a slave to the vinedresser and his wife, having returned to Emperor Tiberius.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/vi)

VI Old Faustina travels to Jerusalem to seek the Prophet for Emperor Tiberius, showing compassion to the suffering and witnessing the chaos after the crucifixion.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/vii)

The Roman governor's young wife who experiences a series of terrifying dreams about people seeking the Prophet of Nazareth.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/viii)

The Emperor's old friend who arrives in Jerusalem seeking the Prophet of Nazareth, adding to Pilate's distress.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/ix)

Returns to Capri and reports her failure to Tiberius; later shows him the kerchief with Jesus's likeness and is baptized as Veronica.

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