Henri Burin des Roziers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Burin des Roziers

French friar and lawyer

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1930

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 26-Nov-2017

Profession: lawyer, priest, brother

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Henri Burin des Roziers, O.P.
(February 18, 1930 – November 26, 2017), was a French Dominican Order priest and lawyer, who spent forty years working with and defending Brazilian peasants forced into labor or harassed by wealthy landowners.
Landowners repeatedly threatened his life in an attempt to stop this work.
In Brazil, he was known as "counsel for the landless".