
Teodoto Parente was a Maranzano crime family gangster during the Castellammarese War.
Biography[]
Teodoto Parente was born in Castellammarese del Golfo, Sicily, and he would emigrate to the US city of New York City and join the American Mafia under Don Salvatore Maranzano. Parente was the fourth man to cut his hand and give a handshake to Lucky Luciano, initiating him into the Maranzano crime family after his murder of Joe Masseria.