Historical Bosses of Palermo Province

[Antiliar]

Hey everyone, I would like - with your help - to come up with a list of bosses, underbosses and consiglieri of Sicily, province by province. Since we have more information for the province of Palermo it would be good to start there, then we can work on the provinces of Trapani and Agrigento. Please help with missing names and dates, or if anything is incorrect. When this is complete it can be moved to the Mafia Charts section.

BAGHERIA
Salvatore D'Amico (1870s)
Salvatore Galioto? (1920s)

BELMONTE MEZZAGNO

CAMPOREALE

CINISI

CORLEONE
Leoluca "Luca" Patti (c1884-1880s)
Salvatore Cutrera (1880s)
Underboss: Giuseppe Battaglia
Giuseppe Battaglia (1890s-1920)
Michelangelo Gennaro (1920-1924)
Angelo Gagliano (1924-k. 1930)
Dr. Marcellino Benenti?
Calogero Lo Bue (1930s-1943)
Michele Navarra (1943-k. 1958)
Luciano Leggio (1958-1974)
Salvatore "Toto" Riina (1974-1993)
Bernardo Provenzano (1993-2006)
Leoluca Bagarella

MONREALE
Salvatore Caputo (Giardinieri, k. 1874)
Rosario Miceli (Stoppaglieri, 1870s)
Pietro Zucchero (1930s)
Antonino Trifiro

PALERMO
Acquasanta
Tommaso D'Aleo (1890s)

Altarello di Baida
FNU Vitale (1920s)
Vincenzo Tumminia

Boccadifalco
Ernesto Marasa (1930s)

Borgo Vecchio
Angelo Monte

Brancaccio
Filippo Graviano and Giuseppe Graviano (until 1994)
Ludivico Sansone

Ciaculli
Giuseppe Greco
Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco (d. 7 Mar 1978)
Michele "Il Pope" Greco (1978-1984/1987)
Filippo La Rosa
Angelo La Rosa

Corso Calatafimi
Filippo Annatelli

Corso dei Mille
Vincenzo Chiaracane
Filippo Marchese (k. Jan 1983)
Underboss: Vincenzo Puccio
Lorenzo Tinnirello

Cruillas
Paolo Crivello (1920s)

Falde
Giuseppe Gandolfo (1890s)

Malaspina
Francesco Siino (1890s)
Pierino Di Napoli

Mezzomonreale
Pietro Badagliacca

Noce/Olivuzza
Francesco Noto (1890s)
Don Enrico (1920s)
Calcedonio "Doruccio" di Pisa (k. 1962)
Salvatore Scaglione (1970s-1982)
Raffaele Ganci (demoted 1990s)
Luigi Caravello

Pagliarelli
Domenico Pedone (1890s)
Francesco Motisi (1910s/1920s)
Lorenzo Motisi
Matteo Motisi (1950s)
Giovanni Motisi (1960s)
Antonino Rotolo (until 2007)
Gianni Nicchi (until 2009)
Giovanni Motisi

Palermo Centro
Consigliere: Ernesto Palmigiano (1900s)
Paolo Virzi? (1920s/1940s)
Salvatore La Barbera (disappeared 17 Jan 1963)
Angelo La Barbera (-1975)
Salvatore Pispicia
Francesco Bonomolo

Pallavicino
Francesco Megna? (1920s)
Francesco Di Trapani (1930s)

Passo di Rigano
Giuseppe Giammona (1890s)
Rosario Di Maggio
Salvatore Inzerillo (k. 11 May 1981)

Piana dei Colli
Giuseppe Biondo (1890s)
Antonino Grillo (1920s/1930s)

Porta Montalto
Gaspare Amoroso (1870s/1880s)

Porta Nuova
Carlo Brandaleone (1920s/1940s)
Pippo Calo (until 1985)
Salvatore Cangemi (until 1993)
Vittorio Mangano (c2000)
Nicola Ingarao (k. 2007)
Gaetano Lo Presti (c2008)
Giovanni Lipari

Resuttana

Roccela
Giuseppe Guttadauro
Lorenzo Di Fede

San Lorenzo Colli
Antonino "Nino" Gentile (1920s)
Salvatore Gentile (1930s)
Salvatore Biondino (1990s)
Salvatore Lo Piccolo
Calogero Lo Piccolo

Santa Maria di Gesu
Cosimo Greco (1920s)
Andrea Messina (1950s)
Paolino Bontade (stepped down, 1964)
Stefano Bontade (1964-k. 23 Apr 1981)
Pietro Aglieri (until 1997)
Giovanni Adelfio

Tommaso Natale
Salvatore Cracolici (1920s)
Rosario Napoli (1930s)

Uditore
Antonino Giammona (1860s?-1890s)
Alfonso Siino (1890s)
Francesco Torretta
Pietro Torretta (d 3 Oct 1975)

Villagrazia
Benedetto Capizzi

PARTANNA/MONDELLO
Rosario Riccobono (k. 30 Nov 1982)

PIANA DI GRECI/PIANA DEGLI ALBANESI
Francesco Cuccia (1920s)
Consigliere?: Tommaso Matranga

ROCCA
Salvatore "Toto" Calo (1920s)

TORRETTA
Salvatore Davi (1930s)

TRABIA

VILLABATE
Giullio D'Abate (1920s)

[Dwalin2014]

There is a 1984 article in Italian from the archive of the "La Repubblica" newspaper, which lists some members of the mafia hierarchy in the Palermo province. I can help with the translation if you want:

https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblic ... iglie.html

Also, years ago I started a topic where I posted screenshots of a 1990 list of known mafia members; even though some information is outdated or later proven to be incorrect, but I hope it still can be useful somehow. Here is the link to the topic:

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1981&p=34366#p34366

[Dwalin2014]

I read that in Belmonte Mezzagno, the boss was Salvatore La Rosa, who was also the local mayor; he was killed in 1992 on orders of the mafioso Pietro Lo Bianco and succeeded by Benedetto Spera (whose brother Giovanni was killed together with La Rosa). Lo Bianco was later killed by Spera who was arrested in 2001. Then there was also Rosario Casella's group backed by Francesco Pastoia, who challenged Spera, but I don't know if they were even official bosses of the Belmonte Mezzagno mandamento; the information I read is somehow confusing, I mostly got it from articles in the archives of the newspapers "La Repubblica", "La Stampa" and "L'Unita'".

https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblic ... -clan.html

http://archivio.antimafiaduemila.com/ra ... ml?start=1

[Antiliar]

There is a 1984 article in Italian from the archive of the "La Repubblica" newspaper, which lists some members of the mafia hierarchy in the Palermo province. I can help with the translation if you want:

https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblic ... iglie.html

Also, years ago I started a topic where I posted screenshots of a 1990 list of known mafia members; even though some information is outdated or later proven to be incorrect, but I hope it still can be useful somehow. Here is the link to the topic:

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1981&p=34366#p34366

Thanks, Dwalin. I had not seen the article before. The 1990 list is great too. Thanks for sharing.

[Dwalin2014]

Thanks, Dwalin. I had not seen the article before. The 1990 list is great too. Thanks for sharing.

You are welcome; but unfortunately, I don't really know where exactly did the list originate from, I just once happened to find it online by chance, although that site went down later. I got it again by by ordering a copy from a library in Cremona; there is the title of the newspaper "Epoca" on the cover sheet on the first screenshot, and Pietro Calderoni is listed as the editor. On the 2nd screenshot with the introduction it says it comes from a 1990 Carabinieri report.

[Antiliar]

Thanks, Dwalin. I had not seen the article before. The 1990 list is great too. Thanks for sharing.

You are welcome; but unfortunately, I don't really know where exactly did the list originate from, I just once happened to find it online by chance, although that site went down later. I got it again by by ordering a copy from a library in Cremona; there is the title of the newspaper "Epoca" on the cover sheet on the first screenshot, and Pietro Calderoni is listed as the editor. On the 2nd screenshot with the introduction it says it comes from a 1990 Carabinieri report.

Glad you obtained this list and the article. Do you have or have you read Tenebroso Sodalizio by Salvatore Lupo or Relazioni Mafiose by Vittorio Coco? Those are my primary sources for the earlier years.

[Dwalin2014]

Glad you obtained this list and the article. Do you have or have you read Tenebroso Sodalizio by Salvatore Lupo or Relazioni Mafiose by Vittorio Coco? Those are my primary sources for the earlier years.

I have "Relazioni mafiose", but haven't yet read "Tenebroso Sodalizio"; by the way, about that historical period, I also have the book "La mafia dimenticata" ("Forgotten mafia") by Umberto Santino, it covers the history of the mafia from 1861 to the first 1900s, and also "La mafia alla sbarra" by Manoela Patti, which focuses specifically on the mafia trials in the Palermo province during Fascism. I really recommend these books, lots of interesting information.

[Antiliar]

Haven't been able to obtain a copy of "La mafia dimenticata" here in the U.S. Anything new in it that we didn't previously know?

[motorfab]

Excellent stuff guys. If I may to add some name :

BELMONTE MEZZAGNO
Benedetto Spera

CAMPOREALE
Vanni Sacco (194?-1960)

CINISI
Cesare Manzella (194?-1963 killed)
Gaetano "Tano" Badalamenti (1963-1978 shelved)
Antonio Badalamenti (1978-1981 killed)

CORLEONE
Angelo Di Carlo was the Consigliere of Navarra according to some books

Acquasanta
Michele Cavataio (195?-1969 killed)

Altofonte
Andrea Di Carlo (1982-1985)
Girolamo La Barbera (1985-1994 killed)

Ciaculli
Salvatore Greco (18??-1???)

Croceverde Giardini
Giuseppe "Piddu u tinenti" Greco (193?-19??)
Giovanni Prestifilippo (19??-1986)
Mario Prestifilippo (1986-1987 killed)

Monreale
Giuseppe "Don Peppino" Garda (1950's)

Uditore
Rosario Inzerillo (now)

Pagliarelli
Ignazio Motisi (1978-199?)

Palermo Centro
Rosario Mancino & Antonino Butera were possibly bosses before Salvatore La Barbera
I don't thinks Angelo La Barbera was boss after the First Mafia War, but I could be wrong

Partinico
Antonio Geraci (197?-1985)
Filippo Nannia his underboss

Passo di Rigano
Salvatore Buscemi (1981-199?)
Michelangelo La Barbera 199?-1994)

Porta Nuova
Gaetano Filippone (194?-1963)
Salvatore Filippone (reggente/acting boss until 1963)

Resuttana
Francesco Madonia (197?-1986)
Antonio Madonia (1986-1989)

San Giuseppe Jato
Antonio "Il Furbo" Salamone 195?-1981)
Bernardo Brusca reggente/acting when Salamone was in South America
Bernardo Brusca (1981-1985)
Giovanni Brusca (1985-1996)

VILLABATE
Antonino Cottone (19??-1956 killed)

Any remarks or corrections are welcome ...

[aleksandrored]

After Provenzano was arrested, Rosario Lo Bue became the boss of the Corleone.

[scagghiuni]

in the john dickie book 'mafia brotherhoods' he mentioned giuseppe cusimano and salvatore licata boss of piana dei colli and resuttana since at least 1860s
turi miceli was probably boss of monreale since 1860s

[SB1825]

I thought that Salvatore Lo Piccolo was the boss of Tommaso Natale with his son Sandro as underboss. This would make him boss of the San Lorenzo mandamento not family.

[Dwalin2014]

Haven't been able to obtain a copy of "La mafia dimenticata" here in the U.S. Anything new in it that we didn't previously know?

I am not 100% sure, because I haven't read much about the mafia from the 19th century, apart from this book, so I can't really compare it to other sources; however the book is quite detailed with the descriptions, and also contains a series of reports by Ermanno Sangiorgi from 1898 to 1900; not sure if it's the same one mentioned in the description of "Tenebroso sodalizio" though...

[Grouchy Sinatra]

A lot of familiar names on there. I know a lot are just coincidence as some of those are common Italian names but no doubt a few connections. One of the only mobsters to operate in Sacramento was a Trifiro. Not sure of his Sicilian lineage. There isn't much info about him.

[chin_gigante]

CACCAMO
Francesco Intile
Antonino Giuffre