Don Camillo [SEP] creator
Don Camillo
Don Camillo () is a character created by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi, whose name, and some of his character, is based on an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen, named Don Camillo Valota (1912–1998). Guareschi was also inspired by Don Alessandro Parenti, a priest of Trepalle, near the Swiss border. The fictional Don Camillo is one of two main protagonists of Guareschi's short stories, the other being the
Apr 1709 – 24 Jan 1740 Died)
- Francesco Vivani (11 Nov 1740 – 18 Apr 1746 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino)
- Giacinto Silvestri (2 May 1746 – 22 Jul 1754 Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto)
- Filippo Mornati (16 Sep 1754 – 8 Jun 1778 Died)
- Girolamo Luigi Crivelli (28 Sep 1778 – 27 Nov 1780 Died)
- Camillo de Simeoni (16 Dec 1782 – 2 Jan 1818 Died)
- Anselmo Basilici (25 May 1818 – 5 Sep 1840