Basilico's ointment

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  • basilico: (Italian) basil, which was once used to treat skin disorders
  • basilikos (βασιλικος): (Greek) kingly
  • Don Basilio: a character in Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville who sings an aria about the spread of calumny
  • St. Peter's Basilica: in Vatican City (where the pope lives)