Pino Puglisi
Giuseppe Puglisi | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | 15 September 1937 Brancaccio, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 15 September 1993 (aged 56) Brancaccio, Palermo |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 25 May 2013, Foro Italico 'Umberto I', Palermo by Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi (on behalf of Pope Francis) |
| Major shrine | Palermo Cathedral |
| Feast | 21 October |
Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpiːno puʎˈʎiːzi], Sicilian: [pʊɟˈɟiːsɪ]; 15 September 1937 – 15 September 1993) 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 prete che fece tremare la mafia con un sorriso (2013), and portrayed in a film, Come Into the Light (Italian original title Alla luce del sole) in 2005. He is the first person killed by the Mafia who has been beatified by the Catholic Church.