# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedetto-santapaola
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:06:42.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedetto-santapaola"
name: "Benedetto Santapaola"
slug: "benedetto-santapaola"
description: "Benedetto Santapaola, better known as Nitto, was an Italian Mafia boss from Catania, the main city and industrial centre on Sicily's east coast. Santapaola was considered one of the most powerful and bloodthirsty mafia bosses in Cosa Nostra until his arrest in 1993."
tagline: "Italian mafioso (1938–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nitto_Santapaola.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
birthDate: "1938-06-04"
deathDate: "2026-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.946813333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%9D%E5%86%85%E5%BE%B7%E6%89%98%C2%B7%E6%A1%91%E5%A1%94%E4%BF%9D%E6%8B%89"
    title: "贝内德托·桑塔保拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitto_Santapaola"
    title: "Nitto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola"
    title: "Benedetto Santapaola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1994077"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump