Alfredo Ormando (15 December 1958 in San Cataldo – 23 January 1998 in Rome) was a gay writer from Palermo who died as a result of setting himself on fire outside Saint Peter's Basilica. His self-immolation was an act of protest against the Roman Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality.
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15 December 1958 San Cataldo, Sicily, Italy
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Died |
23 January 1998 (aged 39) Sant'Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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