Pizzichicchio

Machine-translated from the Italian article

Pizzichicchio, pseudonym of Cosimo Mazzeo (San Marzano di San Giuseppe, 13 January 1837 – Potenza, 28 November 1864), was an Italian brigand. He was one of the last brigands of southern Italy to be captured; capturing him took about one hundred men among Carabinieri Reali, light cavalrymen and other forces. He collaborated with other brigand leaders, such as Sergente Romano, Carmine Crocco, Nicola La Veneziana and Ninco Nanco, and is considered the most important figure of brigandage in the Salento.