Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (born 1937)

Pino Puglisi

Italian Roman Catholic priest (1937–1993)

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was a Roman Catholic priest in the rough Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. He openly challenged the Sicilian 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…