What is "paterno"

Paternò is a town and comune in the province of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.

Paterno may refer to:

Paterno is a 2012 biography of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno book by sportswriter Joe Posnanski. The Paterno family granted Posnanski a great deal of access during the writing process, which included the time period of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal and Paterno's firing. The book debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction best-seller.