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Murdered Italian magistrate on the path to sainthood

10 May 2021

Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the mafia in Sicily in 1990, was one of many magistrates killed in the period, but was devoutly Catholic and has been singled out for beatification, says Professor John Dickie (UCL School of European Culture, Languages & Society).

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