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Giuseppe Salvatore was the abusive father of Damon, Stefan and an unknown Salvatore and the abusive husband of Lillian Salvatore. He is the grandfather to Jaxon, Nikolina, Lillian, Grayson, Sarah, and Stefanie. He, along with other members of the Founder's Council, helped in trapping twenty-six vampires in a church cellar to be burned to death, but they were saved by Emily Bennett in 1864.
Giuseppe was a member of the Salvatore Family and a member of the Town Council.