Pino Puglisi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pino Puglisi

Italian beatified priest

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1937

Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1993

Profession: Catholic priest, presbyter

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi (Italian pronunciation: ['pi?no pu?'?i?zi], Sicilian: [p??'?i?s?]; 15 September 1937 – 15 September 1993) was a Roman Catholic priest in the rough Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio.
He openly challenged the Mafia who controlled the neighbourhood, and was killed by them on his 56th birthday.
His life story has been retold in a book, Pino Puglisi, il prete che fece tremare la mafia con un sorriso (2013), and portrayed in a film, Come Into the Light ("Alla luce del sole" original Italian title) (2005).
He was the first Blessed to die before the Mafia.



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