Brancaccio is a neighbourhood in the municipality of
Palermo, Sicily, in Italy. It is a semi-traditional area of the working class. It was important in the history of the
Cosa Nostra
The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa nostra (, ; "our thing") by its members, is an Italian Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime syndicate and criminal society originating in the region of Sicily ...
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Antimafia priest
Pino Puglisi
Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi (, ; 15 September 1937 – 15 September 1993) was a Roman Catholic priest in the rough Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. He openly challenged the Mafia who controlled the neighbourhood, and was killed by them on hi ...
worked in the neighbourhood. He was the pastor of San Gaetano's Parish and spoke out against the Mafia. He was killed on September 15, 1993, on the orders of the local Mafia bosses, the brothers Filippo and
Giuseppe Graviano.
[Ecco i killer di Don Puglisi]
La Repubblica, June 23, 1994
References
External links
di Giorgio Paonita, studioso di Storia Medievale
Zones of Palermo
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