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Stefano Bontade (23 April 1939 – 23 April 1981), born Stefano Bontate, was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of the Santa Maria di Gesù Family in Palermo. He was also known as the Principe di Villagrazia (Prince of Villagrazia) − the area of Palermo he controlled − and Il Falco (the Falcon). [1]
Stefano Bontate ( Palermo, 23 aprile 1939 – Palermo, 23 aprile 1981) è stato un mafioso italiano, legato a Cosa nostra. Erroneamente, talune fonti riportano il cognome "Bontade".
Stefano Bontade, one of the most powerful and well connected figures in the Sicilian Mafia in the 1960s and 1970s, was born on this day in 1939 in Palermo, where he was murdered exactly 42 years later in a birthday execution that sparked a two-year war between the island’s rival clans.
Stefano Bontade, the infamous Sicilian Mafia boss, was widely known as the Prince of Villagrazia due to his influential position and authority in the Villagr...
Apr 23, 1981 · On this day in 1981 Stefano Bontade, a Sicilian mobster who was the boss of the Santa Maria di Gesù Family in Palermo was machine-gunned down while driving his car back from his 42nd Birthday party.
Explore the mysterious assassination of Stefano Bontade, a key figure in the Sicilian Mafia, and the events that led to the second Mafia war in Palermo. Delve into the intricate web of betrayal, power struggles, and criminal activities that shaped the underworld in Sicily.
The Corleonesi's primary rivals were Stefano Bontade, Salvatore Inzerillo and Gaetano Badalamenti, bosses of various powerful Palermo Mafia Families. The Sicilian Mafia Commission was re-established in 1970, with Bontade and Badalementi making up two of the three leaders of the Commission.
