Don Fabrizio Salina

Don Fabrizio Salina, also known as 'il gattopardo', is the fictional patriarch of the Salina family in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel 'The Leopard'. Set against the backdrop of the political upheavals during the Risorgimento in 19th-century Sicily, he embodies the struggles of the aristocracy as they confront changing social realities.