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Fra Diavʹolo (Michele Pozza)

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A celebrated brigand and renegade monk, who evaded pursuit for many years amidst the mountains of Calabria. (1760–1806.) Auber has made him the subject of an opera.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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