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PLucas wrote:

> He was eventually captured in November 1806 by French Corsican

troops
> led by (novelist) Victor Hugo's father, and hanged when he refused

to
> join them!!
>
> Fra diavolo = Brother Devil


And not only "brother" but also "friar", because "fra'" is also
short for "frate", which is "friar". I don't know this story but I'd
tend to think he was some kind of friar, monk, priest or similar
religious figure. Or it may be just meant as "bro'", without
connections to religious things, just as the southern italian "don"
is used as a form of respect and has no connections with the "don "
prefix used for priests.

> BTW, great series as usual ;-)


I agree, very nice pics
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Vilco
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