Franciscan Friar

The Franciscan Friar chronicled the dying Crusader Knight's account of the Holy Grail in a leather-bound manuscript. He captured the Knight's final words about the Grail's powers and the three protective markers left behind—one a sandstone tablet, another in Venice. Donovan displays the friar's document to Indiana Jones as proof of the Grail's reality, tying it to Henry Jones Sr.'s vanished research and launching the modern quest. This record bridges medieval history to the film's central pursuit.