HAMILTONThe First Flame

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Around the flame

The scholars, reformers and churchmen whose lives crossed Patrick's. These profiles use the same format as the characters.

Pending customer review Five of these figures now appear in the cast list (Alesius as a lead, with a character profile). George Wishart and John Knox are not cast. Confirm which figures stay here.

Timothy Danley

Teacher at Marburg

Francis Lambert

Played by Timothy Danley

Former Franciscan friar and professor at the new University of Marburg.
Martin Luther

Reformer of Wittenberg

Martin Luther

In the film · historical representation

The Wittenberg theologian whose writings set the Reformation in motion across Europe.
Ray Medved

Scholar of Paris and St Andrews

John Major

Played by Ray Medved

One of the most celebrated Scottish scholars of his age.
Noah Lynch

Canon of St Andrews

Alexander Alesius

Played by Noah Lynch

Sent to argue with Patrick, and changed by what he saw.
Bobby O'Reiley

Dominican Prior

Alexander Campbell

Played by Bobby O'Reiley

The Dominican prior who engaged Patrick in debate in St Andrews.
Portrait to be assigned

Preacher and Martyr

George Wishart

c. 1513 – 1546

A later reformer whose preaching carried the flame forward.
Portrait to be assigned

Leader of the Scottish Reformation

John Knox

c. 1514 – 1572

The reformer who carried the movement to its conclusion in 1560.