Pope Leo XVI's Grandfather and Sicilian "Bigamo": the Search by the City of Milazzo Bounces in the New York Times

Salvatore Giovanni Riggitano emigrated from Sicily in 1904 and added to his name Prevost, that of his wife's family

A recent genealogical discovery has brought to light the Sicilian origins of Pope Leo XIV, reconnecting his family tree to the city of Milazzo. The news, initially advanced by some scholars of the “Genealogy Discord server” and the “Centre de Généalogie”, has found definitive confirmation thanks to the documents found at the registry office of the Municipality of Milazzo. Salvatore Giorgianni Riggitano: the Pope’s Milazzo grandfather The genealo…