Ignatius Lanzetta

Ignatius Lanzetta
Born	1903 Ward 3, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	? Detroit, Michigan, United States
Nationality	Italian American
Other names	Frank Pius, Ignatius Lanzetti
Occupation	Gangster, crime boss, bootlegger, dope peddler
Criminal charge	Breaking New Jersey's "Gangster Law"
Criminal penalty	5-10 years imprisonment; released in 1940
Spouse(s)	May Fiano
Children	Warren and Vanna Lanzetta
Parent(s)	Ignatius and Michele Lanzetta

Ignatius "Frank Pius" Lanzetta was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1903. Ignatius had five other brothers, with whom he formed a bootlegging and drug trafficking gang. He and his brothers were also called "the Lanzetti brothers" (due to incorrect documentation and newspaper retrieving incorrect information).

Ignatius Lanzetta was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1903 to Italian American parents Michele and Ignatius Lanzetta. Ignatius had five other brothers: Leo, Pius, Willie, Teo, and Lucien; Leo being the oldest and Pius being the second oldest. Ignatius was known to be very handsome and an impeccable dresser.).

His oldest brother Leo formed the Lanzetta Gang with Ignatius and their other brothers in the early 1920s. Ignatius, Leo, and another brother Pius ran the gang. The brothers controlled bootlegging in Little Italy.

They were allied with Italian gangsters Michael Falcone and Louis "Fats" Delrossi and their rivals included: Polish mob boss William Michael Cusick, Sicilian Mafia and Bruno crime family boss Salvatore Sabella, Jewish mob boss Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, and Italian Mafia made man and rival dope peddler and bootlegger Joseph Bruno.

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