# The Priest — Travel Essays character guide

> The Priest in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the priest, The priest, the Priest

**First appearance:** 0038-travels-with-a-donkey-in-the-c-vennes

## Who they are

A Catholic clergyman encountered during the travels.

## Relationships

### [The Camisards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_camisards)

_rivalry_

The Camisards and The Priest are enemies, with the priest opposing the Camisard rebellion.

### [Du Chayla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/du_chayla)

_professional_

Du Chayla and The Priest collaborate in religious or administrative matters.

### [Father Michael](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/father_michael)

_professional_

Father Michael and The Priest are fellow clergy, working together in religious duties.

### [Father Michael](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/father_michael)

_professional_

Father Michael and The Priest are fellow clergy, working together in religious duties.

### [The Camisards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_camisards)

_rivalry_

The Camisards and The Priest are enemies, with the priest opposing the Camisard rebellion.

## In the story

### [Noyon Cathedral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/noyon-cathedral)

A down-looking old priest who mumbles prayers but seems distracted.

### [Noyon Cathedral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/noyon-cathedral)

Two stout, brutal-looking priests who sing lustily like a garrison catch.

### [Down the Oise: Church Interiors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/down-the-oise-church-interiors)

Two priests sit in the chancel at Pont Sainte Maxence, reading and waiting for penitents.

### [Velay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/velay)

Mentioned as chanting from the church in St. Martin de Frugères on the Sabbath.

### [The Green Donkey-Driver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-green-donkey-driver)

Heard chanting from the church in St. Martin de Frugères on the Sabbath.

### [I Have a Goad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i-have-a-goad)

Not directly present; the narrator mentions the legendary Beast of Gévaudan, but no priest character appears in this chapter.

### [Upper Gévaudan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/upper-g-vaudan)

An old gentleman who escorts the narrator partway to Cheylard, expressing horror at his misadventure.

### [A Camp in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-camp-in-the-dark)

The old gentleman who had escorted the narrator the night before, running out in horror at his camping in the dark and limping half a mile to ensure he reached Cheylard.

### [Cheylard and Luc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/cheylard-and-luc)

The parish priest of Cheylard, whose photograph is displayed in the inn's kitchen.

### [Our Lady of the Snows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/our-lady-of-the-snows)

A fresh, young, little Irishman of fifty, a deacon of the Church, who wishes to speak with the narrator.

### [The Boarders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-boarders)

A country parish priest from near Mende, a grenadier in person with a kilted cassock, who joins the commandant in urging the narrator's conversion.

### [Upper Gévaudan (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/upper-g-vaudan-continued)

The Irish friend who accompanies the narrator part of the way from the monastery.

### [The Heart of the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-heart-of-the-country)

Referenced in contrast to the tolerant villagers, as holding a different opinion at Our Lady of the Snows.

### [Monterey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/monterey)

The padre who drives over from Monterey once a year to hold service at the Carmel mission.

### [The Woods in Spring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-woods-in-spring)

Not directly present; the narrator references a friend's encounter with a strange picnic party, but no priest appears in this chapter.

## Links

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