Fra Diavolo

Fra Diavolo (1760-1806), lit. Brother Devil, also Michele Porsa, was chief of a band of Italian brigands. He was also leader in sundry Italian insurrections.

Fra Diavolo was a Calabrian and was originally a monk, who left his monastery and joined a set of bandits, who lent themselves to and conducted insurrectionary movements in Italy. He was taken prisoner and hanged at Naples for treachery, in spite of remonstrances from England. Auber's opera, "Fra Diavolo," has no connection with him except the name.

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