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|name= Bishop Myriel of Digne |
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|aka= Monsieur Myriel<br>Bishop of Digne<br>Monseigneur Bienvenu |
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|family=Mlle [[Baptistine Myriel]] (sister)<br>Unnamed General (brother)<br>Unnamed Prefect (brother) |
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|portrayer=Ken Caswell<br/>Norman Large<br/>Frank Moore<br/>James Chip Leonard<br/>Paul Monaghan<br/>Earl Carpenter<br/>Peter Vaughan<br/>Otto Sander<br/>[[Colm Wilkinson]]}} |
|portrayer=Ken Caswell<br/>Norman Large<br/>Frank Moore<br/>James Chip Leonard<br/>Paul Monaghan<br/>Earl Carpenter<br/>Peter Vaughan<br/>Otto Sander<br/>[[Colm Wilkinson]]}} |
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'''Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel''' is the Bishop of [[Digne]], a much admired clergyman whose great kindness and charity have made him popular throughout his parish. He passes on these same qualities to [[Jean Valjean]] and initiates the ex-convict’s spiritual renewal by saving Valjean from arrest for stealing his silver and making him promise to live as an honest man by giving him two silver candlesticks, telling him to repent, as he "purchased [his] soul and gave it to the Heavenly Father." Monsieur Myriel eventually passed away of old age. In the 2012 film, he appears at Valjean's death, replacing Eponine as Valjean goes to heaven. |
'''Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel''' is the Bishop of [[Digne]], a much admired clergyman whose great kindness and charity have made him popular throughout his parish. He passes on these same qualities to [[Jean Valjean]] and initiates the ex-convict’s spiritual renewal by saving Valjean from arrest for stealing his silver and making him promise to live as an honest man by giving him two silver candlesticks, telling him to repent, as he "purchased [his] soul and gave it to the Heavenly Father." Monsieur Myriel eventually passed away of old age. In the 2012 film, he appears at Valjean's death, replacing Eponine as Valjean goes to heaven. |
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| Bishop Myriel of Digne | |
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| Also Known As |
Monsieur Myriel |
| Gender |
Male |
| Hair color |
White |
| Born |
1739 |
| Died |
1821 |
| Cause of Death |
Old Age |
| Family |
Mlle Baptistine Myriel (sister) |
| Relationships |
Deceased (wife) |
| Job |
Priest |
| Portrayer |
Ken Caswell |
Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel is the Bishop of Digne, a much admired clergyman whose great kindness and charity have made him popular throughout his parish. He passes on these same qualities to Jean Valjean and initiates the ex-convict’s spiritual renewal by saving Valjean from arrest for stealing his silver and making him promise to live as an honest man by giving him two silver candlesticks, telling him to repent, as he "purchased [his] soul and gave it to the Heavenly Father." Monsieur Myriel eventually passed away of old age. In the 2012 film, he appears at Valjean's death, replacing Eponine as Valjean goes to heaven.
Songs
Act I
Act II
- Valjean's Death (2012 film only)
List of Portrayers
Musical
- Ken Caswell – Original London cast
- Norman Large – Original Broadway cast
- Frank Moore – Original Canadian cast
- Paul Monaghan – 10th Anniversary concert
- James Chip Leonard – 2006 Broadway revival
- Earl Carpenter – 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2
Movies
- George Moss – 1917 film
- Paul Jorge – 1925 film
- Henry Krauss – 1934 films
- Cedric Hardwicke – 1935 film
- Massimo Pianforini – 1948 film
- Edmund Gwenn – 1952 film
- Fernand Ledoux – 1958 film
- Aldo Silvani – 1964 mini-series
- Finlay Currie – 1967 mini-series
- Ángel Garasa – 1973 series
- Claude Dauphin – 1978 film
- Louis Seigner – 1982 film/1985 mini-series
- Peter Vaughan – 1998 film
- Otto Sander – 2000 mini-series
- Colm Wilkinson – 2012 film
Trivia
- The actual Bishop of Digne during the time period in which Myriel's appearance in the novel is set was Bienvenu de Miollis (1753-1843). He served as Victor Hugo's model for Myriel.
- In the 2012 film, he replaces the spirit of Éponine in Valjean's Death.
Gallery
Novel
Bishop Myriel, as he appears in the novel
Musical
Film
Les Misérables 1998
Les Misérables 2012
The Bishop welcoming Valjean in his home
The Bishop, as a spirit in "Valjean's Death", replacing Éponine's
The Bishop, welcoming Valjean in heaven