Antonio Cottone (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Antonio Cottone 1904/1905 - August 22, 1956 was a member of the Mafia in his hometown Villabate in the province of Palermo, Sicily. He was known as U Patre Nostru (Our Heavenly Father) due to his generosity. The Cottone clan was a historical Mafia family. They were mentioned in 1937 as the Mafia bosses of Villabate by Melchiorre Allegra, a mafioso physician who became an informant when he was arrested. Antonio Nino Cottone had worked for the Profaci brothers in New York City and was deported back to Sicily. He became the boss of Villabate where the Profaci family originated. Cottone was not only influential in his own town but in Palermo as well. After the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II (Operation Husky), Cottone was made mayor of Villabate by the Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories (AMGOT) who looked for anti-fascist notables to replace fascist authorities.