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Stuck with 30,31a Father Joe? I have G?E? and I think EMINENCE
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The right-hand man of Cardinal Richelieu wsa a capuchin friar who became known as "Grey Eminence". But I think his name was Francois, so not much help with Joe.

I think in this context the name "Joe" refers to anonymity.

Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics is a book by Aldous Huxley published in 1941. It is a biography of François Leclerc du Tremblay, the French monk who served as advisor to Cardinal de Richelieu. He was also known as Father Joseph and as l'éminence grise; that phrase originally referred to du Tremblay.