Don Camillo

Don Camillo, fictional character, a pugnacious Italian village priest whose confrontations with his equally belligerent adversary, the local communist mayor Peppone, formed the basis for a series of popular, humorous short stories by Italian author Giovanni Guareschi. The character also figured in a series of successful French-language films (1950s and ’60s) starring the French comic actor Fernandel. Don Camillo’s exploits were first published in the Italian magazine Candido in the late 1940s. Collections of these...