Will the Real Severus Snape please step forward?

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 167706

Goddlefrood:

> There is also a character by the name of Severus in 
> Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Take your pick as to 
> which one of the above many and varied Severuses gave 
> rise to ours, in terms of his naming anyway.

houyhnhnm:

I think we should also include Severinus in _The Name 
of the Rose_.  He was the brother herbalist (and potions 
master).  He was  also a lover of books.