Brother Cadfael

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detective fictional character literary character monk

Brother Cadfael is a fictional 12th-century Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth, created by Ellis Peters, who solves murders and mysteries in and around medieval Shrewsbury.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Brother Cadfael canonical 69
Cadfael 4
Brother Cadfael novels 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf detective ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
monk ⓘ
adaptedIn Cadfael (TV series) ⓘ
appearsInSeries The Cadfael Chronicles ⓘ
authorPseudonym Ellis Peters ⓘ
surface form: Ellis Peters is the pen name of Edith Pargeter
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Ellis Peters ⓘ
creator Ellis Peters ⓘ
fictionalStatus former crusader ⓘ
former soldier ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Cadfael Chronicles ⓘ
surface form: Cadfael Chronicles
firstAppearance A Morbid Taste for Bones ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1977 ⓘ
fullName Brother Cadfael self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cadfael ap Meilyr ap Dafydd
gender male ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
historical mystery ⓘ
givenName Brother Cadfael self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cadfael
language English (in adaptations) ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
militaryService Crusades ⓘ
nationality Welsh ⓘ
occupation Benedictine monk ⓘ
detective ⓘ
herbalist ⓘ
sleuth ⓘ
portrayedBy Derek Jacobi ⓘ
publisher Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
surface form: Benedictine Order
residence Shrewsbury ⓘ
Shrewsbury Abbey ⓘ
role protagonist of The Cadfael Chronicles ⓘ
seriesCount 20 novels ⓘ
setting The Anarchy (English civil war) ⓘ
surface form: Anarchy (English civil war)

England ⓘ
Shrewsbury ⓘ
Welsh Marches ⓘ
skill battle experience ⓘ
forensic observation ⓘ
knowledge of herbs ⓘ
medicinal practice ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
usesForInvestigation herbal knowledge ⓘ
logical reasoning ⓘ
understanding of human nature ⓘ

Referenced by (76)

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Shrewsbury Abbey → associatedWith → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
Shrewsbury Abbey → featuredIn → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brother Cadfael novels
Derek Jacobi → notableWork → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cadfael
Brother Cadfael → fullName → Brother Cadfael self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cadfael ap Meilyr ap Dafydd
Brother Cadfael → givenName → Brother Cadfael self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cadfael
Ellis Peters → notableCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Cadfael Chronicles → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Cadfael Chronicles → protagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
A Morbid Taste for Bones → featuresCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
A Morbid Taste for Bones → introducesCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
A Morbid Taste for Bones → protagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
One Corpse Too Many → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
One Corpse Too Many → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
One Corpse Too Many → protagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
One Corpse Too Many → hasInvestigator → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
Monk’s Hood → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
Monk’s Hood → featuresCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
Saint Peter’s Fair → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Leper of Saint Giles → partOfSeries → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Leper of Saint Giles → featuresCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Virgin in the Ice → partOfSeries → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Virgin in the Ice → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Sanctuary Sparrow → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Sanctuary Sparrow → featuresCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Sanctuary Sparrow → hasDetective → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Devil’s Novice → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Devil’s Novice → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Devil’s Novice → protagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Devil’s Novice → featuresCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
Dead Man’s Ransom → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
Dead Man’s Ransom → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
Dead Man’s Ransom → hasProtagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cadfael
The Pilgrim of Hate → partOfSeries → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Pilgrim of Hate → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Pilgrim of Hate → hasFictionalDetective → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
An Excellent Mystery → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
An Excellent Mystery → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Raven in the Foregate → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Raven in the Foregate → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Raven in the Foregate → protagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Raven in the Foregate → detectiveCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Rose Rent → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Rose Rent → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Rose Rent → protagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Rose Rent → featuresCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Hermit of Eyton Forest → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Hermit of Eyton Forest → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Confession of Brother Haluin → series → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Confession of Brother Haluin → mainCharacter → Brother Cadfael ⓘ
The Confession of Brother Haluin → protagonist → Brother Cadfael ⓘ