Brother Francis Gerard
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also known as Francis, the novice, Brother Francis
Protagonist/SubjectYoung novice of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz performing a Lenten fast in the Utah desert; discovers the fallout shelter and Leibowitz relics; kept in the novitiate for seven years by Abbot Arkos; ultimately begins work on an illuminated copy of the Leibowitz blueprint.
In A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr., 1960)