[3] During a trip to Venice, he met the painter Orsola Faccioli, who became his wife, and moved with him south to live in and around Naples.
[4] The Pinacoteca di Capodimonte held two of his works: San Paolo che accusa il Mago Elima, awarded a gold medal; and Galileo commissioned by the King Vittorio Emanuele.
In the church of the Ascension at Naples, Licata painted the four evangelists; in the chapel of the Immacolata are three half-size figures in oil of Saints Joseph, Francis of Paola, and Mark.
For the church of Santo Stefano of Piacenza, he painted a Santa Barbara with Angels; for the University of Catania, A wounded Gladiator that won the gold medal at Naples; and at Palo in the province of Bari, Flight to Egypt awarded a gold medal.
In the Chapel of the Duchess of Berry e Gratz : a life size Santa Rosalia and an Addolorata, a canvas of The beheading of St John the Baptist and some portraits.