Overview

• The funeral Mass began at 16:00 in the Church of Santa Maria della Stella, officiated by Bishop Calogero Peri with parish priest Giuseppe Luparello, and the homily was delivered by Baudo’s spiritual attendant, don Giulio Albanese.
• The church was filled and roughly 2,000 people watched from the piazza on a maxi‑screen, with the town under civic mourning and emergency services assisting in the heat.
• Among those in attendance were Senate president Ignazio La Russa, minister Adolfo Urso, Sicily’s governor Renato Schifani, culture undersecretary Gianmarco Mazzi, and numerous artists, with Baudo’s children Tiziana and Alessandro—arrived from Australia—seated in front alongside longtime aide Dina Minna.
• After the service, the coffin was taken to Militello’s cemetery and interred in the family tomb as Baudo had requested.
• The ceremonies were carried live by TG1/Rai1, RaiNews24 and Rete4, with streaming on RaiPlay and Mediaset platforms, as don Albanese recounted that Baudo’s final weeks were painful under morphine though he remained lucid, recalling a tearful last communion.