diavolo, fra

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diavolo, fra

Italian brigand chief who repeatedly fought against the French occupation of Naples; he is celebrated as a popular guerrilla leader in folk legends and in the novels of the French writer Alexandre Dumas pere.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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