deaths
July 24, 1985
Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (born 1953)

Ezechiele Ramin
Ezechiele "Lele" Ramin, MCCJ was an Italian Comboni missionary and artist. He was described as a martyr of charity by Pope John Paul II after his murder in Brazil while defending the rights of the farmers and the Suruí natives of the Rondônia area against local landowners. His cause for canonization was opened in 2016, granting him the title "Servant of God".