Principal Characters
- Fr. José Custódio de Faria, also known as Abbé Faria, was a monk and one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism. He is dramatized as the character of the 'mad' monk imprisoned at the Château d'If in the famous novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
- Fr. Caetano Vitorino de Faria, the mastermind
- Fr. Caetano Francisco do Couto
- Fr. José António Gonçalves of Divar
- Judge José da Rocha Dantas e Mendonça, Judge of the Goa High Court and of the inquest into the conspiracy.
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