1. Fra Diavolo appears in several works of Alexandre Dumas, including The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-hermine in the Age of Napoleon, not published until 2007 and in Washington Irving's short story "The Inn at Terracina".
11 Facts About Fra Diavolo
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The nickname "Fra Diavolo" came about due to an old Itrano custom: Until early in the twentieth century Itrani boys and girls who had recently recovered from serious illnesses were dressed as monks on the second Sunday after Easter, for a procession in honor of St Francis of Paola, the patron of sick children.
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Fra Diavolo even harassed French forces holding Gaeta, the great fortress dominating the northwestern route into the Kingdom of Naples, ambushing supply trains and couriers.
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Fra Diavolo soon had a substantial price on his head.
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Fra Diavolo's men committed "most monstrous misdeeds", torturing and murdering hundreds of prisoners of war, including a French general.
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Fra Diavolo was so ferocious that for a time Cardinal Ruffo placed him under arrest for his many atrocities.
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Fra Diavolo soon returned and, on 23 March 1806, clashed with the French near Itri.
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Fra Diavolo even turned French prisoners over to the British in return for money and supplies, and once proved enormously courteous to the some French officers' wives whom he had captured.
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Fra Diavolo was operating near Sora in the Abruzzi, with two thousand men and two cannon, having joined forces with other guerrilla leaders.
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Daniel Auber's opera Fra Diavolo is founded on traditions associated with the legend, but has very little historical accuracy.
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The most important of these is Fra Diavolo, made in 1942 by Luigi Zampa and based on a play of the same name by Luigi Bonelli, later a prolific screenwriter.