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"Once a king, always a king. Once a night... is enough."
―Italo Santadio[src]

Italo Santadio was one of the six sons of Don Santadio.

Biography[]

Involved in the family business from a young age, he was treated more as a soldier than a son, and during the war with the Clericuzios he was often sent on missions with his brother Fonsa.

The end of the war[]

Santadiobrothers

Italo and Fonsa spy on Silvio Clericuzio.

On one of these missions, the two brothers would spot their brother Jimmy Santadio going to meet Silvio Clericuzio. Not knowing that Silvio was attempting to broker peace between the families and suspecting the Clericuzio was attempting to ambush their brother, Italo and Fonsa chased Silvio down and shot him.

Several months later, Italo was best man at Jimmy's wedding to Rose Marie Clericuzio and gave a raucous speech. Soon after he was shot by Rose Marie's brothers who massacred the entire family.

Behind the scenes[]

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