Salvatore Licitra will receive honorary citizenship from his home town

Salvatore Licitra was born in Switzerland, and grew up in Milan, but his family are from Acate, a small town in the south of Sicily.

Although Licitra is still in a coma in Catania, his family have agreed to let the Acate Town Council proceed with a ceremony on September 5 when the tenor will be made an honorary citizen of the town.