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Olivia of Palermo (Italian: Oliva dì Palermo, Sicilian: Uliva di Palermu), Palermo, 448 – Tunis, 10 June 463, [3] [4] while according to another tradition she is supposed to have lived in the late 9th century AD in the Muslim Emirate of Sicily [5] [6] is a Christian virgin-martyr who was venerated as a local patron saint of Palermo, Sicily, since the Middle Ages, as well as in the Sicilian ...
September 16 – Mauro De Mauro, journalist for L'Ora in Palermo. He disappeared following his investigations on the mysterious death of Enrico Mattei and on the Golpe Borghese, a right wing coup attempt. De Mauro was allegedly murdered by the Mafia to cover up these events and possible political connections. [18]
Palermo began her career as part of MTV's television show, The City. [11] The series aired for two seasons from 2008 until 2010, and focused on the personal and professional lives of several young women residing in New York City. [12] As part of the show, Palermo worked for Diane von Fürstenberg and later in the accessories department for Elle ...
Saint Olivia of Palermo, a virgin-martyr venerated in Palermo in Sicily and in Carthage in North Africa (463) [19] Saint Censurius, the successor of St Germanus as Bishop of Auxerre in France (486) [10] [19] [27] Saint Illadan (Illathan, Iolladhan), Bishop of Rathlihen in Offaly in Ireland (6th century) [19] [28] [29]
Two different St. Olivia's. I've moved this one to "Olivia of Plaermo" ans "see also'd" the other. Peter Flass 23:04, 28 April 2013 (UTC) I encountered a source that said she was a fictional character here: . I wonder if there is anything to it. --Sicilian-American 22:35, 3 December 2007 (UTC) saint olivia was then found dead.
The Via Carini massacre was a Cosa Nostra attack in which, on September 3, 1982, in the Palermo's via Isidoro Carini, the prefect of Palermo Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, his wife Emanuela Setti Carraro and the escort police officer Domenico Russo were murdered.
He was known as one of the ablest emissaries of the Mafia in Palermo in the field of tobacco smuggling and drug trafficking. [2] Di Pisa was present at a series of meetings in the hotel Delle Palme and the Spanò seafood restaurant between top Italian-American and Sicilian mafiosi in Palermo on 12–16 October 1957.
After his father's death, he passed the judiciary exam in 1963. [5] During those years, he worked in many cities in Sicily (Enna in 1965, Mazara del Vallo in 1967, Monreale in 1969). After he married in 1968, he transferred to his native Palermo in 1975 together with Rocco Chinnici, where he got involved in the investigation into Sicilian Mafia.