In Umberto Eco's mystery novel The Name of the Rose, 7 murders are committed by Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, and assisted by Adso of Melk, who also narrates the story. Those murders happen in the following order:
Adelmo of Otranto, who is an illuminator
Venantius of Salvemec, who is a manuscript translator
Berengar of Arundel, who is an assistant librarian
Severinus of Sankt Wendel, who is an herbalist
Malachai of Hildesheim, who is the librarian
Abo of Fossanova, who is the abbot of the monastery
Jorge of Burgos, who is a blind monk
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