# Virginius — The Canterbury Tales character guide

> Virginius in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0044-the-doctor-s-tale

## Who they are

A Roman knight who kills his daughter to preserve her honor.

## In the story

### [The Doctor's Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_canterbury_tales_se/chapters/the-doctor-s-tale)

The noble father who kills his daughter to preserve her honor.

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

A noble knight who, to preserve his daughter's honor, beheads her rather than surrender her to the corrupt judge Appius.

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