# The Second Nun — The Canterbury Tales character guide

> The Second Nun in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0068-the-second-nun-s-tale

## Who they are

A nun who tells the life of Saint Cecilia.

## In the story

### [The Second Nun's Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-second-nun-s-tale)

Narrator of the tale; invokes the Virgin Mary and explains the meaning of Cecilia's name.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/endnotes)

Her tale, the Life of Saint Cecile, is noted as originally composed by Chaucer as a separate work.

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