Pino Puglisi
Male, Deceased Person
1937 – 1993
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Who was Pino Puglisi?
Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi 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, and portrayed in a film, In the Sunlight.
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