Francesco Ciccio
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| Francesco Ciccio | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Gender |
Male |
| Eye color |
Brown |
| Hair color |
Grey |
| Born |
1841 |
| Died |
1925 (aged 83) |
| Family |
Ciccio |
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- "But Vito is only nine, and dumb witted. He never speaks.
It's not his words I'm afraid of." - ―Signora Andolini and Francesco Ciccio[src]
Francesco Ciccio was a Mafia Don in Corleone, Sicily, portrayed by Giuseppe Sillato.
[edit] Biography
Don Francesco Ciccio ruled over the small Sicilian town of Corleone, the birthplace of Vito Andolini, who would later grow up to be the great Don Vito Corleone. Don Ciccio murdered Vito's father, Antonio Andolini, after the hot-headed Andolini refused to give tribute, which was seen as a great insult.
This act provoked Vito's brother, Paolo, to swear a vendetta against Ciccio. Ciccio then had Paolo killed during his father's funeral. His mother went to Ciccio to beg that he spare her only remaining son's life. Ciccio refused, which prompted her to attack the Don. Ciccio's bodyguard shot and killed her with a lupara. Vito managed to escape to the United States with the help of friends.
Many years later, a grown Vito, by that time known as Vito Corleone, exacted revenge on Don Ciccio. He murdered Ciccio's enforcers, Strollo and Mosca, and then used his olive oil export business to create an opportunity to meet with Ciccio. He stabbed the aging Don to death not far from where his mother was killed. Ciccio was suceeded by Lionele Tommasino, who had assisted Vito in Ciccio's murder.
[edit] In the Novel
In The Godfather, Andolini does not refuse a tribute to Ciccio (who isn't named) he actually kills him in a public struggle before being killed the following day by the chieftain's guards, wielding luparas.
