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Don Cleophas Leondro Perez Zambullo

Don Cleophas Leondro Perez Zambullo or Don Cleofas, is a character within Alain Ren La Sage's opera, Le Diable Boiteux. Zambullo is led by demon Asmodeus in nightly adventures. However, in the French writer's 1707 satirical novel, Asmodeus; or, The Devil Upon Two Sticks, Don Cleophas is led by a Asmodeus of cupid form. Asmodeus leads Don Cleophas through the skies, up to the steeple of St. Salvador, and in a brief momentary passage of time, the interior of every private dwelling was shown to him.

Zambullo's character is also referenced in Charles Dickens' novel, The Old Curiosity Shop (1840):

"... the historian takes the friendly reader by the hand, and springing with him into the air, and cleaving the same at a greater rate than ever Don Cleophas Leandro Perez Zambullo and his familiar travelled through that pleasant region in company..."