RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pino Puglisi

1937 - 1993

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pino Puglisi is the 2,766th most popular religious figure (down from 2,404th in 2019), the 3,613th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,297th in 2019) and the 533rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pino Puglisi ranks 2,766 out of 3,187. Before him are Zacharias of Jerusalem, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Robby Müller, Adam Kozłowiecki, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi. After him are Simeon the Holy Fool, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, Michel Garicoïts, Flavian I of Antioch, and Arnobius the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Pino Puglisi ranks 368. Before him are Antonio Betancort, David Bailie, Nélida Piñon, Göran Tunström, Gary Lockwood, and Manfred Krug. After him are Barbro Lindgren, Antonio Bailetti, Akram Aylisli, François Bonlieu, Jim Harrison, and Klara Guseva. Among people deceased in 1993, Pino Puglisi ranks 197. Before him are Tahar Djaout, Alexander Mackendrick, Axel von dem Bussche, Héctor De Bourgoing, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and Kamal Hassan Ali. After him are Carlos Marcello, Anne Shirley, Hans Werner Richter, Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, Ian Stuart Donaldson, and Štefan Uher.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pino Puglisi ranks 3,614 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Sabàto Jr. (1972), Errico Petrella (1813), Giuseppe Impastato (1948), Gino Bianco (1916), Federico Chiesa (1997), and Francesco Clemente (1952). After him are Publius Sempronius Tuditanus (-300), Rossella Falk (1926), Pietro Polani (1098), Antonio Bailetti (1937), Pietro Bianchi (1883), and Pietro Pastore (1908).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pino Puglisi ranks 533. Before him are Giorgio Marengo (1974), Niccolò Albergati (null), Angelo Mai (1782), Angelo Maria Querini (1680), Nicola Saggio (1650), and Luigi De Magistris (1926). After him are Giacomo Capuzzi (1929), Giuseppe Merisi (1938), Gaetano Bedini (1806), Giovanni Cheli (1918), Silvano Piovanelli (1924), and Ersilio Tonini (1914).

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