You are going to have to do some digging, but here are some links that may help you.

First the Italy links at Cyndis list, the largest genealogy links page:

Second, a page with links to Ricca family genealogy pages. You might find someone related that may have more info on him:

I hope this helps!

If your toddler aunt picked up, then hung up, the telephone, how did your grandparents know what the caller asked? Hmmmmmmmm?