The characters are two ruffians in various disguises: as false priests, they sell a rotten arm pretending it to be a relic of St. Luke; they cheat a stingy friar who abuses of the confessional to get rich and, once he finds out he's been cheated, gives himself sacramental absolution. They help the noble Filippo, disguised as a woman, in the alcove of the innkeeper's wife; they save from despair Fra Martino who had forgotten his underwear in his lover's house (one of them disguised as a cardinal retrieve the garment and expose it as a relic to the devotion of the faithful). To live with their lovers, Brother Jeronimo strives exorcisms and frà Partenope pretends to fight with the devil
Costume
Five fake clerical outfits, progressively more ridiculous.
Writing
The forgotten underwear relic plot — criminal genius.

Director
Silvio Amadio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references a real 15th-century Neapolitan writer, Masuccio Salernitano, whose tales of corrupt clergy were scandalous — this film continues his legacy with added nudity.
Director Silvio Amadio pivoted from this to giallo horror, then back to teenage erotic dramas — an unhinged filmography.
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