Pino Puglisi
Giuseppe Puglisi | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | 15 September 1937 Brancaccio, Palermo, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 15 September 1993 (aged 56) Brancaccio, Palermo, Italy |
| 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: [ˈpiːno puʎˈʎiːzi], Sicilian: [pʊɟˈɟiːsɪ]; 15 September 1937 – 15 September 1993) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia controlling his Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. The Mafia killed him 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 was the first Mafia victim to be beatified by the Catholic Church.