Overview

• Livatino was ambushed on September 21, 1990, by a Stidda commando near Agrigento and fatally shot at age 38 while driving to court without a police escort.
• He was remembered at St. Peter’s Square during the Jubilee for justice operators, where Monsignor Juan Ignacio Arrieta recalled his “stD” signature meaning “under the protection of God.”
• President Sergio Mattarella praised him as an authentic witness to the Republic’s values, while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called him a servant of the state who never bowed to intimidation.
• The Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani, with the Sicilian Region, released a new volume, “Rosario Livatino tra Diritto e Fede,” curated by jurist Gaetano Armao.
• Family and local associations in Canicattì continue public remembrance, including church and cemetery events and the preservation of his shirt as a relic.