1. Pietro Aglieri is known as for his relatively sophisticated education and refined manners.
11 Facts About Pietro Aglieri
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Pietro Aglieri had a classical education and studied Greek, Latin, philosophy, history and literature to a level that guaranteed him entry to university.
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Pietro Aglieri gained Riina's favour by killing relatives of rival Mafia bosses.
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Pietro Aglieri received a life sentence for the murder of judge Antonino Scopelliti on 9 August 1991, who was killed while preparing the final sentence for the Maxi Trial for the Court of Cassation.
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Pietro Aglieri was on trial for the 1992 murder of Salvo Lima, a Sicilian politician with close links to Giulio Andreotti, the former premier accused of Mafia association.
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On 6 June 1997 Pietro Aglieri was arrested in a disused lemon warehouse in the dilapidated industrial area of Bagheria together with his lieutenants, Natale Gambino and Giuseppe La Mattina.
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On 28 March 2002 Pietro Aglieri wrote a letter to the National Anti-mafia Prosecutor, Pierluigi Vigna and the Chief Prosecutor of Palermo, Pietro Grasso to ask for negotiations.
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Pietro Aglieri's proposal was that mafiosi would get more lenient penalties in return for recognizing the existence of Cosa Nostra and the authority of the Italian state.
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Pietro Aglieri proposed a meeting of the Sicilian Mafia Commission in a jail somewhere in Italy to convince Toto Riina to agree with the Mafia's surrender and to hand over the Mafia's armoury.
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Father Frittitta told a court that he tried to persuade Pietro Aglieri to turn himself in, but not to testify against others.
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Nevertheless, Pietro Aglieri started to study church history with La Sapienza University in Rome while in Rebibbia prison and graduated in theology.