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Vito Cascioferro (1862–1943), was a member of the Inglese Mafia family in Palermo, Sicily, and had fled to New York in 1900 to avoid a murder charge. James Colosimo (1877–1920), "crime czar in Chicago from about 1902 until his death, owner of plush brothels, saloons, and a nightclub." [16]
Carly Aquilino, (born November 18, 1990) stand-up comedian of Sicilian descent, podcast performer, cast member of MTV's Girl Code.; Henry Armetta, (Palermo, Sicily, July 4, 1888 – San Diego, October 21, 1945) movie character actor who appeared in at least 150 films, starting in silents as early as 1915 to a movie released in 1946, after his death.
In Chicago, he ran a trading post in partnership with François Daupin de la Forêt, Michel Accault, and Henri de Tonti [located probably near today's Tribune Tower] which he had to close, leaving in 1705 after the king revoked his trading license; continued as French commander and trader in the Illinois country until 1720.
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Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre ˈɡrɛːko], Sicilian: [tʃascɪˈtɛɖɖʊ]; 13 January 1923 – 7 March 1978) was a powerful mafioso and boss of the Sicilian Mafia in Ciaculli, an outlying suburb of Palermo famous for its citrus fruit groves, where he was born.
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Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo, painting of Anthony van Dyck (1624), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Pantaenus (died 200 AD), theologian, saint; Agatha of Catania (231–251 AD), martyr and saint; Lucy of Syracuse (283–304 AD), martyr and saint; Saint Vitus (c. 290–c. 303 AD), martyr and saint