Abbot Arkos

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also known as Dom Arkos, AOL, Abbas, the abbot, Abbas, AOL

Authority figure/Opponent

Stern, sardonic abbot of the Abbey of St. Leibowitz; suppresses Francis's discovery, withholds his vows for seven years, seals the shelter, and hands relics to Dominicans—all as calculated political prudence to protect the canonization process.

In A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr., 1960)