# Abbé Troubert — The Celibates character guide

> Abbé Troubert in The Celibates by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Abbé, The Abbé Troubert, The Abbé, the Abbé Troubert, Troubert, Abbé Troubert, pole Troubert

**First appearance:** 0003-story-ii-the-vicar-of-tours

## Snapshot

A cold, ambitious priest whose patient scheming quietly strips the gentle Abbé Birotteau of his rooms, his reputation, and his peace.

## Who they are

Troubert is the austere, calculating ecclesiastic who shares the household at Tours and watches Birotteau's small comforts with silent envy. Where Birotteau is naive and warm, Troubert is disciplined and implacable, and his ambition moves through the drawing rooms of Tours without ever showing its hand. He is the quiet engine of the domestic tragedy that gives the story its sting.

## Relationships

### [Sylvie Rogron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_celibates_se/characters/sylvie_rogron)

_psychological_

Abbé Troubert is a manipulative and ambitious priest who exerts psychological control over Sylvie Rogron, using her as a tool for his own schemes.

### [Sylvie Rogron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_celibates_se/characters/sylvie_rogron)

_psychological_

Abbé Troubert is a manipulative and ambitious priest who exerts psychological control over Sylvie Rogron, using her as a tool for his own schemes.

### [Sylvie Rogron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_celibates_se/characters/sylvie_rogron)

_psychological_

Abbé Troubert is a manipulative and ambitious priest who exerts psychological control over Sylvie Rogron, using her as a tool for his own schemes.

## In the story

### [Story II: The Vicar of Tours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_celibates_se/chapters/story-ii-the-vicar-of-tours)

A calculating and ambitious canon who opposes Birotteau and ultimately orchestrates his ruin.

### [The Vicar of Tours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_celibates_se/chapters/the-vicar-of-tours)

The calculating and ambitious Vicar-General who skillfully manipulates events to inherit Mademoiselle Gamard's wealth and consolidate his power.

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